Domino Magnification
Popular Physics
2013-01-29 v2 Classical Physics
Abstract
The conditions are investigated under which a row of increasing dominoes is able to keep tumbling over. The analysis is restricted to the simplest case of frictionless dominoes that only can topple not slide. The model is scale invariant, i.e. dominoes and distance grow in size at a fixed rate, while keeping the aspect ratios of the dominoes constant. The maximal growth rate for which a domino effect exist is determined as a function of the mutual separation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1301.0615,
title = {Domino Magnification},
author = {J. M. J. van Leeuwen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.0615},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
13 pages, 3 figures, new version removal of typos and some further explanation