Chaotic Pendulum
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Coupled, double, physical pendulum executes chaotic motion when non-linear initial conditions are imposed.
Chaotic Waterwheel
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The rotation direction and speed of this water wheel is completly unpredictable.
Fold Catastrophe
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One variable with no return: air pressure as the essential factor controlling the inflation and, ultimately, the catastrophic rupturing of a balloon.
Cusp Catastrophe
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One variable with recovery from catastrophic change as demonstrated by toy metal "clickers" or frogs.
Zeeman Catastrophe Machine
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Too complicated to describe in a sentence, this model nicely demonstrates a butterfly catastrophe involving two planes of stability separated by catastrophe.
Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking
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A symmetric rod that buckles in a random direction under a load: an asymmetrical solution to a symmetrical equation.
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