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🎡 Ferris Wheel - 2D Side View: Swinging Gondolas, Apparent Weight and Resonance

2D companion of the Ferris wheel: a side view of free-swinging gondolas on a rotating rim with live apparent weight, cabin angle and phase-plane graphs, resonance at the pendulum frequency and numerical checks against the pendulum period and the rigid-seat formula.

Physics & Mechanics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version
Ferris Wheel - 2D Side View: Swinging Gondolas, Apparent Weight and Resonance ↗ Open standalone
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2D companion of the Ferris wheel: a side view of free-swinging gondolas on a rotating rim with live apparent weight, cabin angle and phase-plane graphs, resonance at the pendulum frequency and numerical checks against the pendulum period and the rigid-seat formula.

Ferris WheelCentripetal ForceGravitypendulumresonance

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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