Diagnosing Chaos (IMAGE)

Virginia Tech

Diagnosing Chaos

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So-called "Poincaré sections" were used to diagnose chaos in the body-flow interaction study of Johan Roenby of the Technical Univeristy of Denmark and Hassan Aref of Virginia Tech. The regular curves correspond to motions with minimal chaos. The "fuzzy" regions indicate that the chaotic regime has been entered.

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Johan Roenby

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