Clustering and synchronization of n Huygens’ clocks

K. Czolczynski, P. Perlikowski, A. Stefanski and T. Kapitaniak

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2009, vol. 388, issue 24, 5013-5023

Abstract: We study the synchronization of a number of pendulum clocks hanging from an elastically fixed horizontal beam. It has been shown that after a transient, different types of synchronization between pendulums can be observed: (i) the complete synchronization in which all pendulums behave identically, (ii) pendula create three or five clusters of synchronized pendulums, (iii) antiphase synchronization in pairs (for even n). We give evidence why the configurations with a different number of clusters are not observed. We argue that these phenomena are robust and can be observed experimentally.

Keywords: Pendulum; Clocks; Synchronization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2009.08.033

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