Controlling a leaky tap

We apply the Ott, Grebogy and Yorke mechanism for the control of chaos to t he analytical oscillator model of a leaky tap obtaining good results. We ex hibit the robustness of the control against both dynamical noise and measur ement noise. A possible way of controlling experimentally a leaky tap using magnetic-field-produced variations in the viscosity of a magnetorheologica l fluid is suggested. (C) 1999 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All right s reserved.