Is Double Pendulum taught to all Physics majors?

[RipVanCalcNoob]

Is this some esoteric aspect of Physics, that few ever see,
or is this part of the common core that almost every Physics major sees?

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/DoublePendulum.html

 

[SchroedingersLion]

Pretty sure it's common.
We had it in the end of the first year, in theoretical mechanics.

 

[Rive]

I too think it is common. We learned it at second year.
One of those classics which fits well to only one toolset - thus perfect to direct pupils to respect that toolset and so it can teach to choose the right tool for the job.

 

[ZapperZ]

Is this some esoteric aspect of Physics, that few ever see,
or is this part of the common core that almost every Physics major sees?

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/DoublePendulum.html

The double pendulum is a rather common example that is used in teaching Lagrangian mechanics. I certainly remember tackling this problem a very long time ago.

Zz.

 

[dlgoff]

The double pendulum is a rather common example that is used in teaching Lagrangian mechanics. I certainly remember tackling this problem a very long time ago.

Zz.

Yep, me too. That and spring coupled pendulums.

 

[RipVanCalcNoob]

Thank you.
The coupled variant was also very cool !