Simulation of a simple pendulum
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Description: Physics application, that studies simple pendulums. For a pendulum of known mass, length and displacement angle,
the application calculates all pendulum relevant values, including restore force and energy. The movement of the pendulum may then be simulated, in real
time or slow motion, with not only its xy-position, but also the velocity varying as in reality (functions of time). The values of the pendulum's potential
and kinetics energy are updated at each simulation step, too.
Beside the possibility to manually pause the simulation, the pendulum may automatically be helt, when it passes through its lowest position (y=0; angle=0) and
its two highest positions (y=ymax; angle=displacement angle). This gives the user the possibility to study the values at these particular points (cf. the
application help text for further information).
Issue: Detection of the lowest pendulum position is often missed and the pendulum only pauses its movement randomly at this point.
Running the simulation slower should help.
Free Pascal features: Drawings using bitmap canvas. Using a timer to create time-dependent drawings in order to realize simple
graphical animations (simulations).
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