Solving Spherical Pendulum w/ Friction & Generalized Force

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Hi. I'm trying to make a small simulation of several simple physical systems (C++). I have the differential equation of a spherical pendulum with only the gravity force and without friction.

[itex]\theta'' = \sin(\theta) (\cos(\theta) \phi'^2 − \frac{g}{L})[/itex]
[itex]\phi'' = −2 \cot(\theta) \theta' \phi'[/itex]

I need the equation of spherical pendulum with friction (F = -bv) and with a generalized force (not only gravity), like this equation for the plane pendulum:

[itex]\Omega = \frac{1}{mL} (\cos(\Omega)\overline{F}_{ext}\ \overline{d}[/itex] [itex]− \sin(\Omega) \overline{F}_{ext}\[/itex][itex]\frac{\overline{g}}{g}[/itex]− [itex]\frac{b}{L} \Omega')[/itex]

Any ideas?

Thank you,
R.
 
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