Sunday 13 May 2012

Python simulation of the simple pendulum

Following on from the previous post, I've created some simulations of the simple pendulum without damping or control input. This work was designed more to be a test of my understanding of how to use the scipy integrator module, and to make sure the matplotlib plotting code worked correctly.

I'm pretty pleased with the results, and you can see a plot of the homoclinic orbits of pendulum starting in different initial states, and some videos of what that means, if you don't naturally think in phase space.

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