noambernstein.github.io

Noam Bernstein’s physics of trapeze web site

This is just a collection of links to various physics of flying trapeze related resources.

• All the slides used for the videos

• The JavaScript program used to do the simple numerical integration of the parametric oscillator

• My YouTube videos
  • 3 video playlist
  • Slow motion swing
  • Slow motion miss
• Part 2, the swing:
  • Michael Fowler’s UVa lecture notes about parametric resonance
  • WikiPedia parametric oscillator page
  • A writeup of the math of the swing
• Part 3, the miss:
  • Youtube version of Andy Ruina’s talk (starting around 23:00)
  • Youtube video about cats flipping recommended by Andy Ruina
  • Stack Exchange astronauts turning
  • Wikipedia cat flipping
  • Youtube Smarter Everyday 85 astronauts rotating in space
  • Youtube Smarter Everyday 58 cat flipping reflex