Pendulum Studio

4.6
487 reviews
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Everyone
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About this app

Simulate the motion of nine different pendulum systems in real time on your phone.
Use the simulation as a live wallpaper (to be set from device's settings).

Included systems:
1) Mathematical pendulum (2D): the simplest pendulum.
2) Pendulum wave effect (3D): when multiple pendulums are combined a peculiar wave effect appears.
3) Spherical pendulum (3D): a three-dimensional generalization of the mathematical pendulum.
4) Spring pendulum (2D): a mass connected to a spring.
5) Spring pendulum (3D): a mass connected to a spring in 3D.
6) Double pendulum (2D): the simplest example of a system which exhibits chaotic motion and is highly sensitive to the initial conditions.
7) Double spherical pendulum (3D): a three-dimensional generalization of the double pendulum.
8) Spring mathematical pendulum (2D): a rod attached to a spring.
9) Spring spherical pendulum (3D): a rod attached to a spring in 3D.

Features:
- All simulations are performed in real time by numerically solving the Lagrange equations of motion.
- Use the accelerometer of your device for dynamical determination of the gravity force.
- Take into the account the friction force to see the damping of the pendulum motion (recommended when using sensor gravity).
- Use your fingers to interactively change the positions of the pendulums.
- Use pinch to zoom gesture.
- All of the parameters for each system can be modified in the preferences.

Acknowledgements:
OpenGL tutorials at http://www.learnopengles.com/
ColorPickerView library at https://github.com/danielnilsson9/color-picker-view

Source code of the app is available at https://github.com/vlvovch/pendulum-studio
Updated on
Nov 17, 2018

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Ratings and reviews

4.6
450 reviews
Paul Michon
May 25, 2021
Amazingly optimized. Could you provide a better design for the 3D models? Like create an actual 3D view, maybe add XYZ axis to better visualise? I would gladly pay for an app like this. Also, can I add more pendulum joints?
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Helen Jones
August 30, 2021
The app itself is good but I wanted it for the live wallpaper, but it doesn't seem to work right. I can't use touch or gravity interaction! I tried what the developers said in response but it still doesn't work..
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Voladd
August 21, 2021
To enable gravity check the "Use accelerometer" option in the settings when setting up the live wallpaper. The touch controls are not available in the live wallpaper mode. In the normal mode they are available for 2D systems but not for 3D.
Julia Smallwood
March 10, 2021
This is great, my only little complaint is the 100 pendulum limit. It sounds dumb but I want to see more of them. Still absolutely 5 stars though
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