Abstract
Vertical forcing of a fluid layer leads to standing waves by means of a subharmonic instability. When the driving amplitude and frequency are chosen to be near the intersection of the stability boundaries of two nearly degenerate modes, we find that they can compete with each other to produce either periodic or chaotic motion on a slow timescale. We utilize digital image-processing methods to determine the time-dependent amplitudes of the competing modes, and local-sampling techniques to study the onset of chaos in some detail. Reconstruction of the attractors in phase space shows that in the chaotic regime the dimension of the attractor is fractional and at least one Lyapunov exponent is positive. The evidence suggests that a theory incorporating four coupled slow variables will be sufficient to account for the mode competition.
Keywords
AttractorLyapunov exponentChaoticPhysicsPhase spaceAmplitudeInstabilityDegenerate energy levelsMode (computer interface)Classical mechanicsMathematical analysisMechanicsStatistical physicsMathematicsNonlinear systemComputer scienceOpticsQuantum mechanics
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- 1985
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- article
- Volume
- 158
- Pages
- 381-398
- Citations
- 245
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S. Ciliberto,
J. P. Gollub
(1985).
Chaotic mode competition in parametrically forced surface waves.
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
, 158
, 381-398.
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112085002701
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- DOI
- 10.1017/s0022112085002701