An experimental study on synchronization of nonlinear oscillators with Huygens' coupling

"In this experimental study, phase synchronization is studied in pairs of nonlinear oscillators coupled through a movable support. In particular, the dynamics of two discontinuous mass-spring-damper oscillators and the dynamics of the classical Huygens' pendulum clocks are considered. In b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Jonatan Pena Ramirez
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:México
Institución:Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional CICESE
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:cicese.repositorioinstitucional.mx:1007/1763
Acceso en línea:http://cicese.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1007/1763
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Huygens' coupling, Synchronization, Nonlinear oscillators, Huygens' pendulum clocks
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/1
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/22
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/2203
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Sumario:"In this experimental study, phase synchronization is studied in pairs of nonlinear oscillators coupled through a movable support. In particular, the dynamics of two discontinuous mass-spring-damper oscillators and the dynamics of the classical Huygens' pendulum clocks are considered. In both systems the individual oscillators are self-sustained. It is shown that in both cases, the oscillators exhibit in-phase and anti-phase synchronization. All experiments are executed on a new experimental setup consisting of two controllable mass-spring-damper oscillators coupled through an elastically supported rigid bar. The results suggest, that the synchronized motion observed by Christiaan Huygens around 1650 in a pair of pendulum clocks mounted on a flexible support, in many cases can also be observed when the pendulum clocks are replaced by other self-sustained nonlinear oscillators."