The geometry and statistics of mixing in aperiodic flows

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2963-2968

  Poje, A C ^a   Haller, G ^a   Mezic I ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

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EID: 0001323204     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870155     Document Type: Article

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