ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THEORY

2.1 MECHANICS OF CLASSICAL PENDULUM

2.2 PHASE-SPACE DIAGRAMS

2.3 POINCARE SECTIONS

2.4 BIFURCATION DIAGRAMS

2.5 RUNGE-KUTTA METHOD

 

3. PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS

3.1 PENDULUM PROGRAM

3.2 PHASE-SPACE AND POINCARE PROGRAMS

 

4. EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

4.1 PROGRAM RELIABILITY

4.2 EXPERIMENTAL DETAILS

4.3 RESULTS

5. CONCLUSION