Chaotic Motion of Perturbed Pendulum

p

0

1.86

q

0

0.58

ϵ

0.1

ω

0

1

k

1

ν

4

steps

1850

From the Hamiltonian corresponding to a pendulum with a rotating point of suspension, this Demonstration calculates the phase portrait showing chaotic dynamics, whose most notable feature is the existence of a separatrix.