File:Driven-pendulums-resonance-animation.gif

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Description
English: Animation of three identical pendulums of resonance frequency ω0 and damping D=0.05. The pendulums are driven with the same strength, but different driving frequencies ω:
  • left: ω=2/3ω0
  • center: ω=ω0
  • right: ω=4/3ω0
One can see that the pendulums driven below and above resonance oscillate less, whereas the pendulum at resonance oscillates strongest. The pendulums also show different relative phases relative to the drive.
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Author Geek3

Source Code

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Python Matplotlib source code
#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf8 -*-

import os
import inspect
from math import *
import matplotlib as mpl
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib import animation

# settings
mpl.rcParams['path.snap'] = False
fname = 'driven-pendulums-resonance-animation'
size = 220, 136
nframes = 100

susp = 16
f0 = 3.0
pendulums = [
{'x0':29, 'y0':117.5, 'f':2.0, 'A':4, 'D':0.05, 'l':89, 'phi0':0.},
{'x0':110, 'y0':117.5, 'f':3.0, 'A':4, 'D':0.05, 'l':89, 'phi0':0.},
{'x0':191, 'y0':117.5, 'f':4.0, 'A':4, 'D':0.05, 'l':89, 'phi0':0.}]

for p in pendulums:
    D = p['D']
    eta = p['f'] / f0
    # use harmonic approximation
    p['Arel'] = 1.0 / sqrt((1. - eta**2)**2 + (2.*eta*D)**2)
    p['Phaserel'] = atan2(2 * eta * D, 1.0 - eta**2)

def animate(nframe, saveframes=False):
    print nframe, nframes
    t = float(nframe) / nframes
    
    plt.clf()
    fig.gca().set_position((0, 0, 1, 1))
    plt.xlim(0, size[0])
    plt.ylim(0, size[1])
    plt.axis('off')
    
    for p in pendulums:
        dxSusp = p['A'] * sin(p['phi0'] + 2*pi*p['f']*t)
        dsPend = p['A'] * sin(p['phi0'] + 2*pi*p['f']*t - p['Phaserel']) * p['Arel']
        PhiPend = (dsPend - dxSusp) / p['l']
        dxPend = dxSusp + p['l'] * sin(PhiPend)
        dyPend = -p['l'] * cos(PhiPend)
        
        xSusp = p['x0'] + dxSusp
        xPend = p['x0'] + dxPend
        yPend = p['y0'] + dyPend
        
        # draw pendulum
        s = 0.72
        plt.plot([p['x0'] - susp, p['x0'] + susp],
                 [p['y0'], p['y0']], '-k', lw=3)
        plt.plot([xSusp, xPend], [p['y0'], yPend], '-k', lw=1.5)
        plt.plot([xSusp], [p['y0']], '.k', markersize=12)
        plt.plot([xPend], [yPend], 'o', color='#aaaaaa',
                 markersize=14, markeredgewidth=1.5)
    
    if saveframes:
        # export frame
        dig = int(ceil(log10(nframes)))
        fsavename = ('frame{:0' + str(dig) + '}.svg').format(nframe)
        fig.savefig(fsavename)
        with open(fsavename) as f: content = f.read()
        content = content.replace('pt"', 'px"').replace('pt"', 'px"')
        with open(fsavename, 'w') as f: f.write(content)

fig = plt.figure(figsize=(size[0]/72., size[1]/72.))

#anim = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, animate, frames=nframes)
#anim.save(fname + '.gif', writer='imagemagick', fps=25)

# use imagemagick on svgs rather than builtin imagemagick support
# this avoids snapping and offers some custom settings
os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe()))))
for i in range(nframes):
    animate(i, True)
os.system('convert -loop 0 -delay 4 frame*.svg +dither -posterize 16 ' + fname + '.gif')
for i in os.listdir('.'):
    if i.startswith('frame') and i.endswith('.svg'):
        os.remove(i)

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