Search for Chaotic Behavior in a Flapping Flag

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We measured the correlation of the times between successive flaps of a flag for a variety of wind speeds and found no evidence of low dimensional chaotic behavior in the return maps of these times. We instead observed what is best modeled as random times determined by an exponential distribution. This study was done as an undergraduate experiment and illustrates the differences between low dimensional chaotic and possibly higher dimensional chaotic systems.
11 pages, 9 figures. To be published in American Journal of Physics

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Physics Education, General Physics

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/136802

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https://arxiv.org/abs/0704.0484
 http://arxiv.org/abs/0704.0484

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