A new pendulum motion with a suspended point near infinity

In this paper, a pendulum model is represented by a mechanical system that consists of a simple pendulum suspended on a spring, which is permitted oscillations in a plane. The point of suspension moves in a circular path of the radius (a) which is sufficiently large. There are two degrees of freedom for describing the motion named; the angular displacement of the pendulum and the extension of the spring. The equations of motion in terms of the generalized coordinates phi and xi are obtained using Lagrange's equation. The approximated solutions of these equations are achieved up to the third order of approximation in terms of a large parameter epsilon will be defined instead of a small one in previous studies. The influences of parameters of the system on the motion are obtained using a computerized program. The computerized studies obtained show the accuracy of the used methods through graphical representations.

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This paper represents a pendulum model as a mechanical system with a simple pendulum suspended on a spring, exploring the motion of the pendulum and spring. Equations of motion are obtained using Lagrange's equation, and the influence of system parameters on motion is studied using a computerized program, showing the accuracy of the methods through graphical representations.