A Simple Model for Faraday Waves
patt-sol
2009-10-30 v1 Pattern Formation and Solitons
Abstract
We show that the linear-stability analysis of the birth of Faraday waves on the surface of a fluid is simplified considerably when the fluid container is driven by a triangle waveform rather than by a sine wave. The calculation is simple enough to use in an undergraduate course on fluid dynamics or nonlinear dynamics. It is also an attractive starting point for a nonlinear analysis.
Cite
@article{arxiv.patt-sol/9605002,
title = {A Simple Model for Faraday Waves},
author = {John Bechhoefer and Brad Johnson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:patt-sol/9605002},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
8 pages, revtex, with included, embedded eps figs; to appear in Am. J. Phys. (but don't hold your breath)