Date Approved
2016
Date Posted
4-27-2016
Degree Type
Open Access Senior Honors Thesis
Department or School
Physics and Astronomy
First Advisor
Ernest Behringer
Second Advisor
J. Marshall Thomsen
Abstract
Following the work of Berger and Nunes Jr., we designed and built an inverted, periodically driven, damped pendulum, which can be a Duffing oscillator, to study the transition from periodic to chaotic motion. We performed magnetic field measurements to characterize the permanent magnets and electromagnets used to drive the pendulum. We also analyzed video recordings of the oscillator in motion to determine the damping coefficient and resonance frequency of the pendulum.
Recommended Citation
Miller, Andrew, "Constructing and testing an inverted, periodically driven, damped pendulum to study chaotic motion" (2016). Senior Honors Theses and Projects. 487.
https://commons.emich.edu/honors/487