Simulations of nonlinear pivot-driven pendula

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 376-381

  Grandy Jr , W T ^a   Schöck, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1119/1.18774     Document Type: Article

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