FORMA
Forma, Vol. 15 (No. 3), pp. 249-256, 2000
Original Paper

Analytical Approach for Oscillation Properties of Soft Materials

Yoshitomi Morikawa, Tomohiko Yamaguchi and Takashi Amemiya

National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research, Higashi 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan
E-mail: morikawa@nimc.go.jp; tomo@nimc.go.jp; amemiya@nimc.go.jp

(Received April 19, 2000; Accepted May 19, 2000)

Keywords: Modified Brusselator Model, The Equation of Motion, Soft Materials, Fabric Pendulum, Free Damped Oscillations

Abstract. It is well known that the Brusselator model reveals simple oscillations and damped oscillations by the suitable parameters. However there is no chemical reactor system that corresponds to the Brusselator model. We have a good real physical system that corresponds to the Brusselator model under some conditions. The system is a free damped oscillation of soft material and described by an equation of motion. In this paper, we show the relation between the Brusselator model and the physical system. We also estimate the experimental data of the physical system.


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