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Oscillations of simple networks
Physics and Society · Submitted 14 Sep 2011
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The authors' main claim Forcing the network at a resonant frequency reveals that damping can be ineffective if applied to the wrong node, leading to a disastrous resonance and destruction of the network.
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To describe the flow of a miscible quantity on a network, we introduce the graph wave equation where the standard continuous Laplacian is replaced by the graph Laplacian. This is a natural description of an array of inductances and capacities, of fluid flow in a network of ducts and of a system of masses and springs. The structure of the graph influences strongly the dynamics which is naturally described using the basis of the eigenvectors. In particular, we show that if two outer nodes are connected to a common third node with the same coupling, then this coupling is an eigenvalue of the Laplacian. Assuming the graph is forced and damped at specific nodes, we derive the amplitude equations. These are analyzed for two simple non trivial networks: a tree and a graph with a cycle. Forcing the network at a resonant frequency reveals that damping can be ineffective if applied to the wrong node, leading to a disastrous resonance and destruction of the network. These results could be useful for complex physical networks and engineering networks like power grids.
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| s0 | To describe the flow of a miscible quantity on a network, we introduce the graph wave equation where the standard continuous Laplacian is replaced by the graph Laplacian. | method 0.54 | 0.86 | 0.05 | asserted 0.99 |
| s1 | This is a natural description of an array of inductances and capacities, of fluid flow in a network of ducts and of a system of masses and springs. | background 0.39 | 0.16 | 0.03 | asserted 0.99 |
| s2 | The structure of the graph influences strongly the dynamics which is naturally described using the basis of the eigenvectors. | interpretation 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.12 | asserted 1.00 |
| s3 | In particular, we show that if two outer nodes are connected to a common third node with the same coupling, then this coupling is an eigenvalue of the Laplacian. | result 0.99 | 0.91 | 0.10 | asserted 1.00 |
| s4 | Assuming the graph is forced and damped at specific nodes, we derive the amplitude equations. | method 0.88 | 0.94 | 0.03 | asserted 1.00 |
| s5 | These are analyzed for two simple non trivial networks: a tree and a graph with a cycle. | contribution 0.58 | 0.91 | 0.05 | asserted 0.91 |
| s6 | Forcing the network at a resonant frequency reveals that damping can be ineffective if applied to the wrong node, leading to a disastrous resonance and destruction of the network. | result 0.95 | 0.88 | 0.53 | asserted 0.91 |
| s7 | These results could be useful for complex physical networks and engineering networks like power grids. | interpretation 0.83 | 0.16 | 0.11 | hedged possibility 1.00 |
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To describe the flow of a miscible quantity on a network, we introduce the graph wave equation where the standard continuous Laplacian is replaced by the graph Laplacian. This is a natural description of an array of inductances and capacities, of fluid flow in a network of ducts and of a system of masses and springs. The structure of the graph influences strongly the dynamics which is naturally described using the basis of the eigenvectors. In particular, we show that if two outer nodes are connected to a common third node with the same coupling, then this coupling is an eigenvalue of the Laplacian. Assuming the graph is forced and damped at specific nodes, we derive the amplitude equations. These are analyzed for two simple non trivial networks: a tree and a graph with a cycle. Forcing the network at a resonant frequency reveals that damping can be ineffective if applied to the wrong node, leading to a disastrous resonance and destruction of the network. These results could be useful for complex physical networks and engineering networks like power grids.
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