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🌀 Wilberforce Pendulum: Spring-Twist Coupling and Energy Beats (2D)

A Wilberforce pendulum simulator: a mass on a helical spring whose stretch and twist are coupled, with RK4 integration, normal-mode frequencies, an avoided-crossing graph and live energy transfer between the two motions.

Physics & Mechanics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version
Wilberforce Pendulum: Spring-Twist Coupling and Energy Beats (2D) ↗ Open standalone
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A Wilberforce pendulum simulator: a mass on a helical spring whose stretch and twist are coupled, with RK4 integration, normal-mode frequencies, an avoided-crossing graph and live energy transfer between the two motions.

Wilberforce pendulumCoupled OscillatorsNormal ModesBeatsCanvas 2D

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

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