RECORDING LISSAJOUS FIGURES,

Abstract

The figures or diagrams resulting on describing the path of a particle undergoing the motion of a damped double pendulum were derived by using an IBM-7044 computer and a Stromberg-Carlson 4020 printer-plotter. The starting point and end point data of each line segment were input to the 4020 on a magnetic tape produced by the 7044 from a program written in Fortran IV. The results compared well with those of W. B. Hales ('Recording Lissajous Figures', J. Accoust. Soc. Am., 16 (1945) 137-146). The experiment demonstrates the use of computing machines and simple programming techniques to illustrate physical properties.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0608364

Entities

People

  • Ivan L. Finkle

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Computing Devices
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Particles
  • Pendulums
  • Physical Properties
  • Tapes

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Control Systems Engineering.