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Title: Space-time chaos of capillary waves parametrically excited by noise

Journal Article · · Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics
OSTI ID:237492

In experiments with parametrically excited capillary waves on the surface of a liquid with random pumping it was found that the transition to an irregular wave field starts to occur at a low supercriticality. Pulsations in the intensity of the ripples with almost complete preservation of the wave-field structure were noticed. The characteristic frequency of the pulsations calculated from experimental samples turned out to depend on the supercriticality. The results of numerical modeling were in good agreement with experiment.

OSTI ID:
237492
Journal Information:
Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics, Vol. 37, Issue 10; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1995; TN: Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedeni Radiofizika; No. 10, 1281-1293(Oct 1994)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English