Flow-distributed oscillation, flow-velocity modulation, and resonance.
We examine the effects of a periodically varying flow velocity on the standing- and traveling-wave patterns formed by the flow-distributed oscillation mechanism. In the kinematic (or diffusionless) limit, the phase fronts undergo a simple, spatiotemporally periodic longitudinal displacement. On the other hand, when the diffusion is significant, periodic modulation of the velocity can disrupt the wave pattern, giving rise in the downstream region to traveling waves whose frequency is a rational multiple of the velocity perturbation frequency. We observe frequency locking at ratios of 1:1, 2:1, and 3:1, depending on the amplitude and frequency of the velocity modulation. This phenomenon can be viewed as a novel, rather subtle type of resonant forcing.
McGraw
Patrick N
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Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H6.
Menzinger
Michael
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