Synchronisation

Synchronisation of 5 coupled metronomes done in Lancaster University, Physics Dep, Nonlinear dynamics and medical physics group.
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Some explanation by 'shoonya' which I think is pretty good:

Here you go: metronomes (or "pendula") when on table, oscillate with random phases, since that is how they started and they are "uncoupled" (no energy/information flows from one to other so they do not "know" each other.) When they are all together on the cans, notice that the cans themselves oscillate little, providing coupling/information crossover. which forces "synchronization" in periodic systems (discovered by Huygens in 17th century).

A useful book: "Synchronization: A Universal Concept in Nonlinear Sciences " by Arkady Pikovsky, Michael Rosenblum and Jurgen Kurths.


A scientific article: http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=AJPI...
My personal homepage:
https://sites.google.com/site/alirezabahraminasab/

Reference to the original video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=RMVxVbCIPjg

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Synchronization
• metronomes
• pendulum
• Pendulum (band)

[dogdove]

This is not helping me fix my car AT ALL.

[bigbluemusic]

Explains why most drummers improve on a couple of cans!

[iugrehc]

#"sync Synchronisation aprés 0:10

[dermen777]

Can I get this video to use in a presentation?!?! That would be awesome....

[diren81]

did you put cans under your chair too?

[NeoMatudio]

This video made me sleepy just by starring at it. a form of hypnotism?

[Xanzan]

This video is FAKE!!! i tried putting a few cans under my drummers set and it didn't improve at all!!

[xechelonx]

the one in the left just wants to watch the world burn.

[angstinmyrants]

popsci.com/breakdown/article/2­008-06/oscillate-wildly

[ksilveira]

science! :P

[dakotaBobby]

What kind of sorcery is this?!

[samwisethree]

Damn you Gravity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!