Coupled pendulums as a mechanical model of a Tesla transformer

A resonant pulse transformer with impact excitation is compared with a system of coupled pendulums of different masses tuned to resonance. Conditions for complete energy transfer during one-half beat cycle are obtained for a Tesla transformer and coupled pendulums. The requirements for the system parameters and initial conditions necessary for complete energy transfer in the case of two spring-coupled pendulums with different masses and the same length were theoretically determined and experimentally tested for the first time. The dependence of the shortest time of energy transfer from one oscillator to another on the system parameter is obtained.