Circular network of beads (IMAGE)

University of Pittsburgh

Circular network of beads

Caption

The propagation of mechanical deformations along the circular network of beads, which are shown as red, blue, green dots. Chemical waves (shown in magenta) travel in the counter-clockwise direction and generate rotating fluid vortices (shown with black arrows) that deform the ring.

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Oleg E. Shklyaev

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