title: Anti-phase synchronization of two coupled mechanical metronomes.
abstract: This paper mainly investigates the anti-phase synchronization of two coupled mechanical metronomes not only by means of numerical simulations, but also by experimental tests. It is found that the attractor basin of anti-phase synchronization enlarges as the rolling friction increases. Furthermore, this paper studies the relationship between different initial conditions and synchronization types. The impacts of rolling friction on in-phase and anti-phase synchronization times are also discovered. Finally, in-phase and anti-phase synchronization conditions of non-identical metronomes are discussed. These results indicate the potential complexity of the dynamics of coupled metronomes.
authors: State Key Lab of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China. wuye@bupt.edu.cn
authors: Ye
authors: Y
authors: Wu
authors: Nianchuang
authors: N
authors: Wang
authors: Lixiang
authors: L
authors: Li
authors: Jinghua
authors: J
authors: Xiao