Abstract: The characteristics of Faraday pattern in honey solution driven by periodic external forces are studied in this paper. Comparing with water or xanthan gum solution, the Faraday pattern of honey solution has a high degree of order. It is found that honey solution and xanthan gum solution have similar dynamic characteristics in the weak nonlinear region. The measurement of dispersion relationship shows that the dispersion relationship of honey solution is in agreement with the gravity-surface tension wave theory, but the non-Newtonian viscosity of honey solution causes some differences between the experiment and the theory. 

Key words: Faraday pattern, dispersion relation, critical parameter, spectrum analysis