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Stochastic Models for Chladni Figures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2015

Jaime Arango
Affiliation:
Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad del Valle, Calle 13, 100-00, Cali, Colombia (jaime.arango@correounivalle.edu.co)
Carlos Reyes
Affiliation:
Posgrado de Matemáticas, Universidad del Valle, Calle 13, 100-00, Cali, Colombia

Abstract

Chladni figures are formed when particles scattered across a plate move due to an external harmonic force resonating with one of the natural frequencies of the plate. Chladni figures are precisely the nodal set of the vibrational mode corresponding to the frequency resonating with the external force. We propose a plausible model for the movement of the particles that explains the formation of Chladni figures in terms of the stochastic stability of the equilibrium solutions of stochastic differential equations.

Type
Research Article
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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 2016 

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