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Clustering of floaters by waves

Chaotic Dynamics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We study experimentally how waves affect distribution of particles that float on a water surface. We show that clustering of small particles in a standing wave is a nonlinear effect with the clustering time decreasing as the square of the wave amplitude. In a set of random waves, we show that small floaters concentrate on a multi-fractal set.

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@article{arxiv.nlin/0511044,
  title  = {Clustering of floaters by waves},
  author = {P. Denissenko and G. Falkovich and S. Lukaschuk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0511044},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 5 figures

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