Experimental investigation of the "effective potential" of an inverted pendulum

被引：14

作者：

Fenn, JG ^{[1
]}

Bayne, DA ^{[1
]}

Sinclair, BD ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ St Andrews, Sch Phys & Astron, St Andrews KY16 9SS, Fife, Scotland

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS | 1998年 / 66卷 / 11期

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D O I：

10.1119/1.19019

中图分类号：

G40 [教育学];

学科分类号：

040101 ; 120403 ;

摘要：

The range of stability of a vertically driven inverted pendulum is explored using simple experimental techniques. The results are found to compare well with those expected from "effective potential" theory. This vindicates the use of the theory in modeling this intriguing system. (C) 1998 American Association of Physics Teachers.

引用

页码：981 / 984

页数：4

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