MapleSim model of the Pendulum Wave experiment (top view)

This is a MapleSim model of the Pendulum Wave experiment found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVkdfJ9PkRQ

The real pendulums have monotonically increasing lengths, designed to give each specific periods; the longest swings at 51 oscillations per minute, with the shortest at 65 oscillations per minute. Given that the real pendulums start swinging at a relatively shallow angle, their periods do not vary significantly with their initial angle; hence their periods are known to a reasonable degree of accuracy and can be accurately modeled in MapleSim. You see the same patterns and harmonics in both the real experiment and the model. About 30s into the animation, half the pendulums are at either side of the swing, with a full cycle of the patterns taking one minute.

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