Why patterns appear spontaneously in dissipative systems?

1999 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 113-118
Author(s):  
K. Staliūnas
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Pattern Formation ◽  
Energy Flow ◽  
Temporal Patterns ◽  
Conservative System ◽  
Dissipative Systems ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Patterns ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Pattern Forming ◽  
Entropy Growth

It is proposed that the spatial (and temporal) patterns spontaneously appearing in dissipative systems maximize the energy flow through the pattern forming interface. In other words – the patterns maximize the entropy growth rate in an extended conservative system (consisting of the pattern forming interface and the energy bathes). The proposal is supported by examples of the pattern formation in different systems. No example contradicting the proposal is known.

Pattern Formation in Thin Polymer Films: A New Morphology

2000 ◽  
Vol 629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Loup Masson ◽  
Peter F. Green
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Pattern Formation ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Structural Evolution ◽  
Distinct Form ◽  
Thin Polymer Films ◽  
Intermediate Morphology ◽  
Thin Polymer ◽  
Nonwetting Liquid ◽  
Cylindrical Holes

ABSTRACTResearchers have shown that thin, nonwetting, liquid homopolymer films dewet substrates, forming patterns that reflect fluctuations in the local film thickness. These patterns have been shown to be either discrete cylindrical holes or bicontinuous “spinodal-like” patterns. In this paper we show the existence of a new morphology. During the early stage of dewetting, discrete highly asymmetric holes appear spontaneously throughout the film. The nucleation rate of these holes is faster than their growth rate. The morphology of the late stage of evolution, after 18 days, is characterized by a bicontinuous pattern, distinct form conventional spinodal dewetting patterns. This morphology has been observed for a range of film thicknesses between 7.5 and 21nm. The structural evolution of this intermediate morphology is discussed.

SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS OF GROUNDWATER ELEVATION AND SALINITY ON ASSATEAGUE ISLAND

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Coffey ◽  
◽  
Hannah Sprinkle ◽  
Eric Sherry ◽  
Brian Sturgis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Patterns ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Patterns ◽  
Assateague Island

THE NEW RADIOCARBON DATASET FOR TRILITH MONUMENTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARABIA

Radiocarbon ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
R Garba ◽  
P Demján ◽  
I Svetlik ◽  
D Dreslerová
Keyword(s):  
Iron Age ◽  
Temporal Patterns ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Coastal Plains ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Patterns ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Stone Monuments ◽  
South Central ◽  
Geographical Expansion ◽  
Spatio Temporal

ABSTRACT Triliths are megalithic monuments scattered across the coastal plains of southern and southeastern Arabia. They consist of aligned standing stones with a parallel row of large hearths and form a space, the meaning of which is undoubtedly significant but nonetheless still unknown. This paper presents a new radiocarbon (14C) dataset acquired during the two field seasons 2018–2019 of the TSMO (Trilith Stone Monuments of Oman) project which investigated the spatial and temporal patterns of the triliths. The excavation and sampling of trilith hearths across Oman yielded a dataset of 30 new 14C dates, extending the use of trilith monuments to as early as the Iron Age III period (600–300 BC). The earlier dates are linked to two-phase trilith sites in south-central Oman. The three 14C pairs collected from the two-phase trilith sites indicated gaps between the trilith construction phases from 35 to 475 years (2 σ). The preliminary spatio-temporal analysis shows the geographical expansion of populations using trilith monuments during the 5th to 1st century BC and a later pull back in the 1st and 2nd century AD. The new 14C dataset for trilith sites will help towards a better understanding of Iron Age communities in southeastern Arabia.

Spatial and temporal patterns of throughfall volume in a deciduous mixed-species stand

2011 ◽  
Vol 400 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 244-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. André ◽  
M. Jonard ◽  
F. Jonard ◽  
Q. Ponette
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Patterns ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Patterns ◽  
Mixed Species
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