Abstract
In 2020, IYPT question 5 “synchronized candles” describes an interesting common phenomenon in life. The so-called synchronous candle refers to the flame that can be observed to oscillate when several adjacent candles are burning. Two such oscillations can be coupled with each other, leading to in-phase or reverse phase. In this paper, the control variable method is used to study the reason of the oscillation of a single oscillator and the phenomenon of inphase or anti phase oscillation of candles with different separation distance. It is found that the phenomenon of the oscillation coupling of regular candles is related to the distance between candles. Considering that the gas diffusion coefficient of the air is too low and the isotherm of the candle is relatively stable, the most likely cause of synchronization or inverse synchronization is thermal radiation. Finally, FDS software is used to simulate the combustion of the flame, and the results of in-phase and inverse vibration are also obtained.
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