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Radost Waszkiewicz1, John Burnham Shaw2, Maciej Lisicki1
1Institute of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland.
Abstract:
Adaptive transport networks are known to contain loops when subject to hydrodynamic fluctuations. However, fluctuations are no guarantee that a loop will form, as shown by loop-free networks driven by oscillating flows. We provide a complete stability analysis of the dynamical behavior of any loop formed by fluctuating flows. We find a threshold for loop stability that involves an interplay of geometric constraints and hydrodynamic forcing mapped to constant and fluctuating components. Loops require fluctuation in the relative size of the flux between nodes, not just a temporal variation in the flux at a given node. Hence, there is both a minimum and a maximum amount of fluctuation relative to the constant-flux component where loops are supported.
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