ON THE GENERATION OF SCROLL WAVES IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISCRETE ACTIVE MEDIUM

This paper reports on the simulation, in three-dimensional cellular-neural-network (CNN) arrays of Chua’s circuits, of basic three-dimensional scroll wave patterns observed previously from other media. Among the simulated patterns are the straight scroll wave, twisted scroll wave in both homogeneous and inhomogeneous media, as well as the scroll ring. These types of waves have been obtained for only one set of circuit parameters by varying the initial conditions.