WOLFRAM|DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECT

Chaotic Motion of Perturbed Pendulum

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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.