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Simulation of a Dripping Faucet

Nobuko Fuchikami, Shunya Ishioka, Ken Kiyono

chao-dynarXiv:chao-dyn/9811020

Abstract

We present a simulation of a dripping faucet system. A new algorithm based on Lagrangian description is introduced. The shape of drop falling from a faucet obtained by the present algorithm agrees quite well with experimental observations. Long-term behavior of the simulation can reproduce period-one, period-two, intermittent and chaotic oscillations widely observed in experiments. Possible routes to chaos are discussed.

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