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Pendulum Math model

ValeryOchkov
24-Ruby IV

Pendulum Math model

Why someone is not correct?

See lpease the picture and Prime 3 sheet in attach.

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First of all--it's Prime 6, not 3.  (Since I'm using 4.0 Express, I could tell.)

 

Second--Potential energy can't be negative (I understand why you're showing it that way, but . . .)

 

In the absence of dissipation, and if the pendulum is rigid, total energy will be constant.    So if we make kH = 0, we should get a graph like this:

Fred_Kohlhepp_0-1608301886328.png

I have put a marker here on the total energy level.  Now, if we let the pendulum be a spring:

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The calculated potential energy is WAY TOO HIGH.  The kinetic has increased too, but there's only so much energy to start, and both calculations started at the same condition.

 

Attached is the (somewhat messy) Prime 4.0 Express sheet.

Sorry, a potential eneggy can be negativ - see please the picture (a hard link!).

May be the problem in the function for le.

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You're right, of course; the potential energy is defined relative to an arbitrary zero point.

 

There are two potential energies to be tracked:

Fred_Kohlhepp_0-1608317744535.png

And two kinetic energies:

Fred_Kohlhepp_1-1608317795555.png

And, if I did it right (within calculation accuracies) they now track:

Fred_Kohlhepp_2-1608317970130.png

 

Sorry but v of vibration is one part or common v.

I don't understand your comment.

 

This represents two coupled harmonic oscillators: a pendulum, and a spring/mass.  Each trades potential energy and kinetic energy back and forth, so we need four energy calculations.  If we're not careful in our definition of reference potential energy (I chose the bottom of the pendulum swing, but that changes as the spring constant of the length changes) then the calculation will not be valid.  Take the pivot point of the pendulum as the zero potential energy point for the pendulum; all potential energy for the pendulum will be negative as long as the angle stays below 90°.  I also chose the un stretched pendulum length for the zero reference for the spring/mass.

 

Latest effort attached.  Feel free to play!

Sorry, Fred!

We have a physical point (mass without size) and a weightless non-bendable spoke that compresses or stretches according to Hooke's law.
There are three energies:
- kinetic energy of a physical point
- potential energy of a physical point
- energy of compression or stretching of the spoke
The sum of these three energies must be constant if we do not take into account friction (k_f = 0), or it must decrease (k_f > 0).

We have a physical point (mass without size) and a weightless non-bendable spoke that compresses or stretches according to Hooke's law.
There are three energies:
- kinetic energy of a physical point
- potential energy of a physical point
- energy of compression or stretching of the spoke
The sum of these three energies must be constant if we do not take into account friction (k_f = 0), or it must decrease (k_f > 0).

 

a weightless non-bendable spoke that compresses or stretches according to Hooke's law.  This is a spring!  And the "physical point" is moving radially as the non-bendable spoke compresses or stretches.  So there is a fourth energy, the kinetic energy of that radial motion.

Fred_Kohlhepp_0-1608400944413.png

 

Hi Fred!

Create please the Prime 3 sheet - see attach.

With 4 energies!

Per your request.  

 

Note:

  •   The Prime sheet is 4.0 Express.  You can copy individual expressions from one version of Prime to another.
  • The expression for pendulum potential energy is incorrect for starting angles above 90°.
  • If you freeze the spoke (kH = 0), the energies still sum to zero.

I would like see the plot - the summ energies as function od time at k_f=0 it is ___________________________

I would like see the plot - the summ energies as function od time at k_f=0 it is

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Can you not execute my sheet?  It's easy to change parameters, it's your table!

Sorry, Fred! 

Where is the line_________________________ on the second plot?

Sorry Valery,

This was your project:

Fred_Kohlhepp_0-1608556705567.png

I'm just trying to help.  Both of us are missing something, where is your input?  🙂

Courtesy of Wikipedia:

Fred_Kohlhepp_0-1608562872790.png

Had to drop the friction damping (at least first pass)

OK!

And what about the spring energy?

And what about the spring energy?

 

You could define (as I had before) defined pendulum and spring energy separately; but you'd need to take the vector magnitude "sqrt(Vp^2 + Vv^2) to add them together.  Please also note that the solver is different from the previous version.  Velocities, lengths, and angles report different trajectories.  (Haven't figured out why just yet.)

I have solution for a 2D problem with the non-linear Hook law.

But no for 3D one

Non-linear-Hook.png

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