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 There are two weightless and solid bars with a mass at each lower end. The two bars are connected to each other, but they are free of rotation. Let's look at the motion of this double pendulum in a two dimensional plane. If we start the motion with just a small swing, we find that the motion has two normal modes.
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download of application(Visual C#  28kB)NijufrikoE.exe
Double pendulum