Dripping faucet apparatus with temperature and high-resolution timing and flow rate controls

1 December 1989

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments

Vol. 60 (12) , 3779-3782
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1140490

Abstract

For the investigation of the chaotic dynamics of drop detachment from an orifice, a novel dripping faucet apparatus was constructed, and its design and use are described. It is equipped with high‐resolution timing (1 μs) and flow rate control (0.05%), and can be operated at different temperatures, and at constant as well as continuously varying flow rates. The last feature allows for the direct recording of the ‘‘dripping spectrum’’ (drop period versus flow rate) in a single run. Examples of results not obtainable with previous instruments are presented.

Keywords

TIME MEASUREMENT
FLOW RATE
ORIFICES
CHAOTIC SYSTEMS
DROPLETS
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
PHASE SPACE
SURFACE TENSION
TEMPERATURE CONTROL
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
DESIGN
LASER BEAM APPLICATIONS
PHOTOMULTIPLIERS
TIMING PROPERTIES
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
LIQUID FLOW

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The chaotic behavior of the leaky faucet
Physics Letters A, 1985