3A95.51 - Chaos Motor

Code Number:
3A95.51
Demo Title:
Chaos Motor
Condition:
Excellent
Area of Study:
Chaos
Equipment:
Compass, Helmholtz Coils, Pasco Wave Generator, Chaos Motor Unit.
Procedure:

See also 3A95.51 in Oscillations/Acoustics.

Hook the Pasco wave generator to the Helmholtz coils as shown.  Place any of the compass needles between the coils and adjust the frequency until chaos is observed.  This should be at a frequency of 2.8 Hz. or less depending on the compass needle used.

References:
  • Peter Millet, James Schreve, and Peter Coxeter, "Phase-Space Orbits and the Ping-Pong Ball Impact Oscillator", TPT, Vol. 44, #2, Feb. 2006, p. 92.
  • C. Laroche, R. Labbe, F. Petrelis, S. Fauve, "Chaotic Motors", AJP, Vol. 80, #2, Feb. 2012, p. 113.
  • H. J. Korsch, E. M. Graefe, and Hans-Jörg Jodl, "The Kicked Rotor: Computer-Based Studies of Chaotic Dynamics", AJP, Vol. 76, #4 & #5, April/May 2008, p. 498.
  • Robert DeSerio, "Synchronous Analog I/O for Acquisition of Chaotic Data in Periodically Driven Systems", AJP, Vol. 72, #4, Apr. 2004, p. 553.
  • M. J. Ballico, M. L. Sawley, and F. Skiff, "The Bipolar Motor: A Simple Demonstration of Deterministic Chaos", AJP, Vol. 58, #1, Jan. 1990, p. 58.
  • Yaakov Kraftmakher, "2.5. Nonlinear Dynamics", Experiments and Demonstrations in Physics, ISBN 981-256-602-3, p. 103 - 107.

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