A density oscillator model



Título del documento: A density oscillator model
Revista: Revista mexicana de física
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000363649
ISSN: 0035-001X
Autors: 1
2
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2
Institucions: 1City University of New York, City College, Nueva York. Estados Unidos de América
2Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Ciencias, México, Distrito Federal. México
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Període: Oct
Volum: 58
Número: 5
Paginació: 438-444
País: México
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental, analítico
Resumen en inglés We present a model equation describing the behavior of a density oscillator and a set of experiments to test the model. The system consists of a cup containing salty water with an orifice in its base, partially submerged in an outer vessel filled with fresh water. Such a setup produces an oscillatory flow of water through the orifice. The density oscillator is an oscillatory system that shares common features with more complex systems with a stable limit cycle. Although a Rayleigh equation has been used as a model equation for these systems, we propose a different approach based on the integration of the hydrodynamic equations on a streamline. The model reproduces the experimental oscillation and predicts the period as a function of the physical parameters. Phase resetting curves observed in experiments under external biphasic excitation can be reproduced by the model
Disciplines Física y astronomía,
Química
Paraules clau: Dinámica de fluidos,
Fisicoquímica y química teórica,
Oscilador de densidad,
Oscilador salino,
Osciladores no lineales,
Hidrodinámica
Keyword: Physics and astronomy,
Chemistry,
Fluid dynamics,
Physical and theoretical chemistry,
Density oscillator,
Saline oscillator,
Nonlinear oscillators,
Hydrodynamics
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