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Eugene Butikov personal page (open resources in Russian)


Eugene Butikov personal page

Web of Science ResearcherID:G-9014-2013

ORCID: 0000-0003-2072-9547

SCOPUS Author ID: 6603696640



Contents

 * Work Information
 * New Books
 * Recent Publications
 * Computer Simulations
 * Downloads
 * Contact Information
 * Curriculum Vitae
 * Personal Interests


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Work information

 * Job title:
 * Affiliation: St. Petersburg State University,
   ITMO University (retired)
 * Department: Department of physics


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New Books



Simulations of Oscillatory Systems: with Award-Winning Software, Physics of
Oscillations. Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press, USA (2015) ISBN 9781498707688
(363 pp.). Motions of Celestial Bodies: Computer Simulations. IOP Publishing Ltd
(2014) doi:10.1088/978-0-750-31100-7. See Overview. The book (250 pp.) is
accompanied by the award-winning software Planets and Satellites developed by
the author.

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Recent Unpublished Papers



The Physics of the Oceanic Tides. Kapitza Pendulum: A Physically Transparent
Simple Treatment.

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Selected Recent Publications



Analytical expressions for stability regions in the Ince–Strutt diagram of
Mathieu equation. American Journal of Physics, v. 86 (2018), pp. 257–267. See
preprint pdf version. Simulation of Space Probes and their Motions Relative to
the Host Orbital Station. Computer tools in education, (2018), no. 1, pp. 16–31.
See preprint pdf version. Oceanic Tides: A Physical Explanation and Modeling.
Computer tools in education, (2017), no. 5, pp. 12–34. See preprint pdf version.
A physically meaningful new approach to parametric excitation and attenuation of
oscillations in nonlinear systems. Nonlinear Dynamics, (2017), 88: 2609.
doi:10.1007/s11071-017-3398-0. See preprint pdf version (1.33 MB). The Envelope
of Ballistic Trajectories and Elliptic Orbits. American Journal of Physics, v.
83 (2015), pp. 952–958. See preprint pdf version (1.04 MB). Orbital Maneuvers
and Space Rendezvous. Advances in Space Research, v. 56 (2015), pp. 2582–2594.
See preprint version (pdf, 568 KB). Spring pendulum with dry and viscous
damping. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, v. 20
(2015), pp. 298-315 . See full pdf version (1.88 MB). Peculiarities in the
energy transfer by waves on strained strings. Physica Scripta, v. 88 (2013)
065402 (7pp). See full pdf version (290 KB). Pendulum with a square-wave
modulated length. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics , v. 55 (2013)
25–34. See abstract and extended pdf version (1.43 MB). Oscillations of a simple
pendulum with extremely large amplitudes. European Journal of Physics, v. 33
(2012) 1555 – 1563. See full pdf version. Misconceptions about the energy of
waves in a strained string. Physica Scripta, v. 86 (2012) 035403 (7pp). See full
pdf version (210 KB). An improved criterion for Kapitza's pendulum stability.
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, v. 44 (2011) 295202 (16 pp).
See full pdf version (1.85 MB). Comment on 'Energy in one-dimensional linear
waves in a string'. European Journal of Physics, v. 32 (2011) L35–L38.
Extraordinary oscillations of an ordinary forced pendulum. European Journal of
Physics, v. 29, No 2 (March 2008) pp. 215 – 233. See abstract and full pdf
version (1.56 MB). Precession and nutation of a gyroscope. European Journal of
Physics, v. 27, No 5 (September 2006) pp. 1071 – 1081. See abstract and full pdf
version (270 KB). Inertial rotation of a rigid body. European Journal of
Physics, v. 27, No 4 (July 2006) pp. 913 – 922. See abstract and full pdf
version (270 KB). Complicated regular and chaotic motions of the parametrically
excited pendulum. Proceedings of IDETC’05 (2005 ASME International Design
Engineering Technical Conferences), Long Beach, California, USA, September 24 –
28, 2005. See full pdf version (315 KB). Peculiarities of simulations in
nonlinear systems. «Computer Simulations – 2005». Proceedings of 6th
International Conference, St. Petersburg, June 29 – July 2, 2005. See full pdf
version (72 KB). Parametric resonance in a linear oscillator at square-wave
modulation. European Journal of Physics, v. 26, No 1 (January 2005) pp. 157 –
174. See abstract and full pdf version (588 KB). Comment on ‘Eccentricity as a
vector’. European Journal of Physics, v. 25, No 4 (2004) pp. L41–L43. See
abstract and full pdf version (56 KB). Parametric excitation of a linear
oscillator. European Journal of Physics, v. 25, No 4 (July 2004) pp. 535 – 554.
See abstract and full pdf version (314 KB). Square-wave excitation of a linear
oscillator. American Journal of Physics, v. 72, No 4 (April 2004) pp. 469 – 476.
See abstract and full pdf version (310 KB). Families of Keplerian Orbits.
European Journal of Physics, v. 24, No 2 (March 2003) pp. 175 – 183. See
abstract and full pdf version (160 KB). A Dynamical Picture of the Oceanic
Tides. American Journal of Physics, v. 70, No 10 (October 2002) pp. 1001 – 1011.
See abstract and full pdf version (260 KB). Subharmonic Resonances of the
Parametrically Driven Pendulum. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General,
v. 35 (2002) pp. 6209 – 6231. See abstract and full pdf version (404 KB).
Regular and Chaotic Motions of the Parametrically Forced Pendulum: Theory and
Simulations. Computational Science – ICCS 2002, Springer Verlag, LNCS 2331, pp.
1154 – 1169, 2002. See abstract and full pdf version (316 KB). On the Dynamic
Stabilization of an Inverted Pendulum. American Journal of Physics, v. 69, No 7
(July 2001) pp. 755 – 768. See abstract and full pdf version (260 KB). Relative
Motion of Orbiting Bodies. American Journal of Physics, v. 69, No 1 (January
2001) pp. 63 – 67. See abstract and full pdf version (171 KB). Regular Keplerian
Motions in Classical Many-Body Systems. European Journal of Physics, v. 21, No 5
(September 2000) pp. 465 – 482. See abstract and full pdf version (271 KB). The
Velocity Hodograph for an Arbitrary Keplerian Motion. European Journal of
Physics, v. 21, No 4 (July 2000) pp. 297 – 302. See abstract and full pdf
version (134 KB). Planets and Satellites. Educational software package. Physics
Academic Software, American Institute of Physics, 1998. 10th Annual Educational
Software Contest winner (1999, Computing in Science and Engineering magazine),
European Academic Software Award winner (EASA’2004). See cover, annotation,
summary, a journal review (pdf, 564 KB) and manual (pdf, 1.57 MB). The Rigid
Pendulum – an Antique but Evergreen Physical Model. European Journal of Physics,
v. 20, No 6 (November 1999) pp. 429 – 441. See abstract and full pdf version
(260 KB). Parametric Resonance. Computing in Science and Engineering (CiSE), May
– June 1999, pp. 76 – 83. See abstract and full pdf version (163 KB). Concise
Handbook of Mathematics and Physics. CRC Press (USA), 1997 (528 pp.) See
annotation. Physics of Oscillations. Educational software package. Physics
Academic Software, American Institute of Physics, 1997. European Academic
Software Award winner (EASA’96), Ninth Annual Educational Software Contest
winner (1998, Computers in Physics magazine). See cover and annotation.



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Computer Simulations (Java applets)

Please note that computer simulations listed below are implemented as Java
applets embedded in web pages. Java applets are run on Windows and Mac computers
directly in web browsers with Java plugin preinstalled. (Java applets do not run
on tablets or pocket devices.) In case Java applets are blocked by your security
settings, as a workaround, you can use the Exception Site List feature of your
operating system to run. Adding the URL of the blocked application (applet) to
the Exception Site List allows the applet to run with some warnings.
Unfortunately, this works only in Internet Explorer browser (IE).



The Oceanic Tides . The educational software program with a detailed User’s
Manual for university-level students. It includes simulations that aid
understanding various aspects of a difficult but interesting and important
subject concerning the origin and properties of the gravitational
tide-generating forces. The program illustrates also the properties of
stationary tidal waves in the open ocean generated by the sun-induced or
moon-induced tidal forces. A simplified model of the ocean (a water shell of
equal depth wholly covering the globe) is adopted for the simulation.



A simplified English version of the Oceanic Tides program (with Java applets
representing some of the simulations), and also its Russian version are
available directly in the Web. A theoretical background with relevant
mathematics for an in-depth study of the subject is included in the detailed
User's Manual available as a pdf file (15 pages). The Oceanic Tides program is
the winner of 11th Annual Educational Software Contest (2000, IEEE Computer
Society, Computing in Science & Engineering magazine).



Computer Simulations in Classical Dynamics.
* Collection of Remarkable Three-Body Motions (and also its Russian version). A
  set of Java applets intended to help students learn and understand the
  fundamental laws of physics as they apply to the fascinating world of motions
  of natural and artificial celestial bodies governed by the gravitational
  forces.
* Computer illustrations to the laws of motion (and also its Russian version). A
  set of Java applets which can be useful for college and university students.
* Inertial rotation of a rigid body (and also its Russian version). The program
  facilitates understanding of concepts behind rigid body dynamics.
  Simultaneously with simulating the rigid body motion, the program presents a
  clear geometrical interpretation of the inertial rotation.
* Precession and nutation of a gyroscope (and also its Russian version). A small
  simulation program visualizes the torque-induced motion of a gyroscope and
  illustrates its principal features to aid understanding about the
  counterintuitive behaviour of a gyroscope on a qualitative level.



Physics of Oscillations (and also its Russian version). Lecture demonstrations
and a virtual lab for undergraduate students. The simulation programs (Java
applets) are executed directly in the browser and allow the user to study
natural oscillations, forced oscillations, and parametric oscillations in simple
linear and nonlinear mechanical systems. The simulations are based on adequate
mathematical models of the investigated physical systems. Each lab work and
demonstration includes a User's Manual that gives reference on the theory of the
simulated phenomena and suggests activities.



Pendulum with Square-wave Modulated Length. A virtual lab for undergraduate
students. The simulation program (Java applet) is executed directly in the
browser and allows the user to study parametric oscillations in a simple
familiar nonlinear mechanical system. The lab work includes a detailed user's
manual with a relevant theoretical background.



Torsion Pendulum with Dry and Viscous Friction. A virtual lab for undergraduate
students. The simulation program (Java applet) is executed directly in the
browser and allows the user to study peculiarities of natural and forced
oscillations in a nonlinear system with dry and viscous friction. The lab work
includes a paper with a relevant theoretical background.



Nonlinear Oscillations (the project is under construction). A preliminary
version of the simulation software package Nonlinear Oscillations (for MS
Windows OS) includes a set of highly interactive programs that visualize the
motion of simple nonlinear mechanical oscillatory systems. The project NONLINEAR
OSCILLATIONS is not yet finalized: simulations of some other nonlinear systems
will be added in the future versions, as well as some new or improved papers
with theoretical investigations of the simulated systems. In the package
Nonlinear Oscillations the following mechanical systems are simulated:
  Oscillations and Rotations of a Rigid Pendulum Rigid Pendulum Driven by a
  Sinusoidal Force Pendulum Driven by a Square-wave Force Pendulum with the
  Horizontally Driven Pivot Pendulum with the Vertically Driven Pivot Rigid
  Pendulum with Modulated Length
* Combined Pendulum with Spring and Gravity
To install the package on your machine, download the file Nonlinear.zip (7 MB),
unzip it and run the standard setup procedure.

Also a set of Java applets is under development which can be used as
undergraduate students virtual on-line lab on nonlinear oscillations. An example
of this set is given by the simulation of a simple but important nonlinear
system in the lab Free Oscillations and Rotations of a Rigid Pendulum.



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Downloads



PLANETS AND SATELLITES. The simulation programs of the package are intended to
help students learn and understand the fundamental laws of physics as they apply
to the charming world of natural and artificial celestial bodies restlessly
moving in space. The programs illustrate Kepler's laws, trajectories in velocity
space, properties of various families of orbits, evolution of an orbit in the
atmosphere, active maneuvers in space and relative motions of orbiting bodies,
precession of an orbit, motions of a binary star components, and much more.



The most fascinating phenomena are revealed in investigating the motions of
three or more bodies. Among these are a satellite orbiting a planet that is
orbiting a star; a planet in a double-star system; and several planets orbiting
a single star. The simulations show how the systems that obey simple physical
laws can behave in irregular, chaotic ways. The programs illustrate also
possible quite simple motions of celestial bodies described by exact solutions
to the three-body problem.



The software allows the students to construct and investigate a model of the
solar system, or to create an imaginary planetary system on their own – complete
with the star, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and satellites, and to explore
their orbital motion governed by the gravitational forces. In this wonderful
space laboratory we can even reproduce such a possible heavenly catastrophe as a
binary encounter of stars which is especially interesting if the stars have
planetary systems. For example, the approaching "intruder star" can capture a
planet from the system, or even the stars can exchange planets during their
rendezvous in space.



The package PLANETS AND SATELLITES includes a detailed 176-page User’s Manual
that gives a theoretical background and suggests students' activities. The
manual contains about a hundred of problems. The package of simulation programs
PLANETS AND SATELLITES is the 10th Annual Educational Software Contest winner
(1999, Computing in Science and Engineering magazine), European Academic
Software Award winner (EASA’2004).



Version 4.0 (2014) is optimized for computers running under MS Windows 7 and
Windows 10 operating systems. To install the package on your machine, download
the file Planets.zip (7.4 MB), unzip it in a folder on your computer, and run
the standard setup procedure (launch the file setup.exe).



The package PLANETS AND SATELLITES supplements my book Motions of Celestial
Bodies: Computer Simulations, IOP Publishing Ltd (2014). The book presents the
theoretical background and a detailed description of the simulation programs
included in the package.



PHYSICS OF OSCILLATIONS. The package includes a set of highly interactive
programs that allow the user to observe the simulations of simple mechanical
oscillatory systems, and obtain time-dependent graphs of the variables that
describe the simulated system, phase diagrams and graphs of energy
transformations. Graphs and diagrams appear on the screen simultaneously with
the display of motion. The suggested experiments have been designed to be plain
and obvious. The user can widely modify parameters of the investigated physical
systems and conditions of the experiments. The simulations bring to life many
abstract concepts related to the physics of oscillations.



The package PHYSICS OF OSCILLATIONS includes a 160-page User’s Manual that gives
a theoretical background for the simulated mechanical systems and suggests
students' activities. The manual contains hundreds of problems and exercises. A
95-page Instructor’s Guide gives details of their solutions. The package is the
European Academic Software Award winner (EASA’96), Ninth Annual Educational
Software Contest winner (1998, Computers in Physics magazine).



To install the package on your machine (for OS Windows 10), download the file
MasterDiskOsc.zip (8.9 MB), unzip it in a folder on your computer, and run the
standard setup procedure (launch the file setup.exe). If you are using an
earlier Windows version (say, Windows XP or Windows 7), download the file
MasterDiskOsc_old.zip (7.3 MB) and launch the file setup.exe.



The simulations of the package PHYSICS OF OSCILLATIONS serve as illustrations to
my book Simulations of Oscillatory Systems, Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press,
USA (2015) (363 pp.). A draft pdf version of the book Simulations of Oscillatory
Systems (18 MB) with the theoretical background and a detailed description of
the simulation programs can be dowloaded here.





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Contact Information



E-mail: Address: Department of Physics, Saint Petersburg State University
Uljanovskaya st. 3, Petershoff
198504 St. Petersburg, Russia Web address: http://butikov.faculty.ifmo.ru Phone:
8 921 636 8539, Fax: (812) 232 43 18



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Curriculum Vitae



Graduated from St. Petersburg (former Leningrad) State University in 1962
(Department of Physics). Presently I am full professor of general physics at St.
Petersburg State University and St. Petersburg Institute of Fine Mechanics and
Optics. I give lecture courses on general physics, optics, quantum theory of
solids, theory of oscillations. I have written several textbooks on physics used
widely in Russia.



My research work is associated with solid state physics (quantum theory of
electronic paramagnetic resonance, theory of Josephson effects in weak
superconductivity), theory of nonlinear oscillations. Several new complicated
and even counterintuitive modes of regular and chaotic behavior have been
discovered recently in parametrically excited simple nonlinear systems with the
help of computer simulations. I have succeeded in finding clear physical
explanations for some of these modes, and in a theoretical determination of
their boundaries in the parameter space.





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Personal Interests



During the last years I devote much time and effort to developing (and using in
practice) interactive educational software for university-level physics
students. My software is a kind of desk-top laboratory in which computer is used
as a universal research instrument for investigating models of physical systems
rather than simply as a convenient means to search for information and to
display it.



My packages of simulation programs (Physics of Oscillations and Planets and
Satellites) with tutorials have been published and distributed by Physics
Academic Software, a former project of American Institute of Physics. Presently
these packages are available for free directly from this web page (see above).



My simulation programs are also included in my recently published books
Simulations of Oscillatory Systems: with Award-Winning Software, Physics of
Oscillations Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press, USA (2015) ISBN 9781498707688
(363 pp.) and Motions of Celestial Bodies: Computer Simulations. IOP Publishing
Ltd (2014) doi:10.1088/978-0-750-31100-7. See Overview.



With the above mentioned packages of simulation programs, I am trying to change
a bit the traditional paradigm of teaching physics at universities. My students
do most part of the work on their own, using detailed manuals with assignments,
which suggest them certain activity for exploratory usage of the simulation
programs. Their work on the assigned projects is a model of a real scientific
research.





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Last revised: 15. 02. 2020

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