dc.contributor.author |
Lindner, JF |
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dc.contributor.author |
Patton, KM |
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dc.contributor.author |
Odenthal, PM |
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dc.contributor.author |
Gallagher, JC |
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dc.contributor.author |
Breen, Barbara |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2012-03-02T00:58:34Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2008 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics) 78(6):1-5 Article number 066604 2008 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1550-2376 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/12607 |
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dc.description.abstract |
We have experimentally realized unidirectional or one-way coupling in a mechanical array by powering the coupling with flowing water. In cyclic arrays with an even number of elements, solitonlike waves spontaneously form but eventually annihilate in pairs, leaving a spatially alternating static attractor. In cyclic arrays with an odd number of elements, this alternating attractor is topologically impossible, and a single soliton always remains to propagate indefinitely. Our experiments with 14- and 15-element arrays highlight the dynamical importance of both noise and disorder and are further elucidated by our computer simulations. |
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dc.language |
English |
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dc.publisher |
American Physical Society |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Details obtained from http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1539-3755/ |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
Experimental observation of soliton propagation and annihilation in a hydromechanical array of one-way coupled oscillators |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1103/PhysRevE.78.066604 |
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pubs.issue |
6 |
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pubs.begin-page |
1 |
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pubs.volume |
78 |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: American Physical Society |
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pubs.author-url |
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.78.066604 |
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pubs.end-page |
5 |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
249709 |
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pubs.org-id |
Bioengineering Institute |
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pubs.org-id |
ABI Associates |
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pubs.number |
066604 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2011-12-02 |
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