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American Journal of Physics -- December 1978 -- Volume 46, Issue 12, pp. 1245

String‐coupled pendulum oscillators: Theory and experiment

Michael J. Moloney

Rose‐Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana 47803

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A coupled‐oscillator system is given which is readily set up using only household materials. The normal‐mode analysis of this system is worked out, and an experiment or demonstration is recommended in which one verifies the theory by measuring two times and four lengths.

PACS

  • 01.50.Pa

    Laboratory experiments and apparatus

  • 45.05.+x

    General theory of classical mechanics of discrete systems

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0002-9505 (print)  

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.11387

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