An attempt at simulating Newton's cradle
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2020 10:11 am
Art
The attached is my attempt to simulate the Newton's Cradle toy. Using the Augie vector Processor (AVP). I usually run the simulation with a speed setting of ~40%.
What I expected would be to observe alternating single right - left deflections once I start the model by deflecting the right most ball. If I deflect two or more right balls then the right/left cycles should match the initial number of balls deflected.
Some of my initial settings for the model were based on my experiments with Body energy Coefficient and Bounce % that I published under an earlier post.
After some unsuccessful looking simulations I started to experiment with varying Pivot energy. I'm still not completely happy with the simulation having seen videos of such a toy in action.
Can you explain what Pivot energy is?
Bill Michael
The attached is my attempt to simulate the Newton's Cradle toy. Using the Augie vector Processor (AVP). I usually run the simulation with a speed setting of ~40%.
What I expected would be to observe alternating single right - left deflections once I start the model by deflecting the right most ball. If I deflect two or more right balls then the right/left cycles should match the initial number of balls deflected.
Some of my initial settings for the model were based on my experiments with Body energy Coefficient and Bounce % that I published under an earlier post.
After some unsuccessful looking simulations I started to experiment with varying Pivot energy. I'm still not completely happy with the simulation having seen videos of such a toy in action.
Can you explain what Pivot energy is?
Bill Michael