Height-dependent behaviour of meandering syrup Undergraduate report, unpublished, May 2016. Alex Cabaj Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 60 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A7.

In this experiment, the behaviour of a viscous thread in a fluid-mechanical sewing machine setup was examined, as a function of nozzle height, over a range of 10.0000 +/- 0.0001 cm to 6.5995 +/- 0.0001 cm. Several periodic states were observed. Furthermore, the system exhibited disordered behaviour at heights in the ranges of 7.4996 - 8.2997 +/- 0.0001 cm and 8.5998 - 8.9999 +/- 0.0001 cm. A window of periodic behaviour which would require more exploration in order for it to be classifed was observed in the range of h = 8.3998 +/- 0.0001 cm to h = 8.4998 +/- 0.0001 cm.

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