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Experimental Study of the Triplet Synchronization of Coupled Nonidentical Mechanical Metronomes

  • Ji Jia
  • , Zhiwen Song
  • , Weiqing Liu
  • , Jurgen Kurths
  • , Jinghua Xiao
  • Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
  • Jiangxi University of Science and Technology
  • Humboldt University of Berlin
  • Postdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
  • R.Y. Alekseev Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

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Abstract

Triplet synchrony is an interesting state when the phases and the frequencies of three coupled oscillators fulfill the conditions of a triplet locking, whereas every pair of systems remains asynchronous. Experimental observation of triplet synchrony is firstly realized in three coupled nonidentical mechanical metronomes. A more direct method based on the phase diagram is proposed to observe and determine triplet synchronization. Our results show that the stable triplet synchrony is observed in several intervals of the parameter space. Moreover, the experimental results are verified according to the theoretical model of the coupled metronomes. The outcomes are useful to understand the inner regimes of collective dynamics in coupled oscillators.
Original languageEnglish
Article number17008
Number of pages12
JournalScientific Reports
Volume5
Early online date24 Nov 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Bibliographical note

Date of Acceptance:22/10/2015
This research recieved funds from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61377067, 10575016, 11262006) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities. W.L. was supported by the project of high school of Jiangxi province (Grant No. KJLD14047), and the training plan of young scientists of Jiangxi province.

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