The motion of the freely falling chain tip
arXiv:physics/0510060 · doi:10.1119/1.2204074
Abstract
The dynamics of the tip of the falling chain is analyzed. Results of laboratory experiments are presented and compared with results of numerical simulations. Time dependences of the velocity and the acceleration of the chain tip for a number of different initial conformations of the chain are determined. A simple analytical model of the system is also considered.
29 pages, 13 figures