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Flickering candle flames and their collective behavior
PhysicsScientific Reports

Flickering candle flames and their collective behavior

A. Gergely, B. Sándor, et al.

This exciting research delves into the flickering dynamics of candle flames, analyzing how factors like bundle size and oxygen concentration affect their behavior. The authors explore synchronization patterns and modify existing models to match their experimental findings, providing key insights into this captivating phenomenon.... show more
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Abstract
Oscillation and collective behavior of diffusion flames is a fascinating phenomena. Considering candle bundles with different sizes in variable oxygen concentration, the flickering dynamics of the flames are experimentally and theoretically investigated. Trends for the flickering frequency as a function of the candle number in the bundle and oxygen concentration is revealed for various topologies of the candles packing. The collective behavior of the flames as a function of their separation distance is studied by measuring an appropriate synchronization order parameter and through the common oscillation frequency. In agreement with previous results we find a discontinuous phase transition between an in-phase synchronized state at small separation distance and a counter-phase synchronized state at larger separation distances. A previously used dynamical model is modified in order to accommodate our experimental findings.
Publisher
Scientific Reports
Published On
Dec 04, 2020
Authors
Attila Gergely, Bulcsú Sándor, Csaba Paizs, Robert Tötös, Zoltán Néda
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78229-x
Tags
candle flamesflickering dynamicssynchronizationphase transitionoxygen concentrationexperimental studydynamical model
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