POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.animations : a newton's cradle : Re: a newton's cradle Server Time
18 Jul 2024 16:25:40 EDT (-0400)
  Re: a newton's cradle  
From: scott
Date: 26 Jun 2004 12:07:16
Message: <40dd9f34@news.povray.org>
Urs Holzer wrote:
> scott wrote:
>
> > [...]
> > The equation for a pendulum is ang.accel = g * sin(angle), whereas
> > most people just use ang.accel = g * angle :-)
>
> since sin(angle) for a little angle is approximately angle. (And
> later they use it for big angles too.)
> Those physicists!

Hehe, I'm an Engineer, I use it for *really* big angles :-)


Post a reply to this message

Copyright 2003-2023 Persistence of Vision Raytracer Pty. Ltd.