This article is based on earlier author's works on the behavior of mechanical systems with a singular configuration space. We obtained exact analytical expressions for the constraints providing multi-mode oscillations of a double mathematical pendulum. It was found that there are infinitely many modes of oscillations determined by the degree of degeneracy at a singular point in the configuration space of the pendulum. The problem of a double pendulum motion with an elliptical constraint, posed by the author earlier, received a complete solution, both theoretical and experimental. For such a constraint, there are exactly two different oscillation modes: Symmetric and asymmetric. Each mode can be realized by selecting the system parameters and is completely determined by the smoothness of the trajectory in the configuration space with a singularity. In the study we used only standard tools of classical analytical mechanics.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012026
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume1959
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2021
EventInternational Scientific Conference on Mechanics "The Ninth Polyakhov's Reading", ISCM 2021 - Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Duration: 9 Mar 202112 Mar 2021

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