The Foucault Pendulum – Multibody, Multi-Domain Physical Model in MapleSim – Maplesoft

The Foucault Pendulum

This model demonstrates the use of MapleSim’s multibody components to model Leon Foucault’s famous pendulum which demonstrates the rotation of the Earth by rotating the angle of the pendulum’s swing. Check the attached Maple document to see the automatically-generated governing equations.
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