This applet demonstrates some of the dynamics of Euler's elastica clamped in
a wall at one end and with a mass tied to the other end. The blue curve is
the elastica itself. The red line indicates the strength of the force applied
by the elastica to the attached mass. A sequence of 64 pictures is shown
alternately forwards and backwards. When it is running backwards, the red line indicates
the strength of the force applied
to the elastica by the attached mass.
Note how counter-intuitive the dynamics
are!
It has been written in Java 1.1.6. Older browsers will not necessarily be able
to run it.
A link back to the elastica project home page.
A link back to the EmMa home page.