In this paper, the analysis of the time evolution of a levitated droplet is proposed. The analysis is composed of two parts: in the first part, a nonlinear dynamics approach was considered to calculate quantities characterizing time series data such as attractor dimension or largest Lyapunov exponent. The number of degrees of freedom in the system was also assessed. Based on the results obtained in the first part, Floquet theory was applied in the second part of the analysis to investigate the stability of the system. Data acquired from a levitation instrument developed by Space Power Institute at Auburn University was used to perform the analysis. [S0739-3717(00)01903-6]
Issue Section:
Technical Papers
Keywords:
magnetic levitation,
time series,
drops,
nonlinear dynamical systems,
Lyapunov methods,
flow instability
Topics:
Attractors,
Chaos,
Dimensions,
Drops,
Levitation,
Signals,
Stability,
Time series,
Instrumentation,
Degrees of freedom
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