Movies to accompany "Strings, Chains, and Ropes"
Darryl Yong, last updated 8/23/2005
The movies on this web page are meant to accompany this
paper. You might find it more convenient to save these movies to
your computer first, rather than clicking on the links directly.
Movies of a rubber tubing
Movie 1 (animated gif or AVI movie)
Non-resonant behavior: alpha=0.1, omega=pi, L=2, c=3
Movie 2 (animated gif or AVI movie)
Non-resonant behavior: alpha=0.1, omega=pi, L=2, c=2.5
Movie 3 (animated gif or AVI movie)
Resonant behavior: alpha=0.1, omega=pi, L=2, c=2
Movies of a hanging chain
The length of the chain in the two movies above is approximately 1.24
meters. Using this number, can you predict the number of rotations in
each 30-second clip?
AVI movie
of a numerical simulation of the motion of a hanging chain with an
initial displacement and no initial velocity.
Thanks to Dann Mallet for his assistance with video equipment.
