Bifurcations in a simple hydraulic oscillator: the 'Tantalus' cup'

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Abstract

The dynamics of a simple hydraulic oscillator (the 'Tantalus' cup') is studied. Phase-resetting for a single perturbation and locking phenomena in the periodically forced regime are described. A simplistic time-discrete model of the system is proposed. A few other didactic problems are suggested.

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