The evolution of material lines curvature in deterministic chaotic flows

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 363-371

  Cerbelli, Stefano ^a   Zalc, Jeffrey M ^a   Muzzio, Fernando J ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW;

CHAOTIC FLOWS; MATERIAL LINES CURVATURE; POINCARE RETURN MAP;

MIXING;

CHAOS; CURVATURE; FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MIXING;

EID: 0013117890     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00331-0     Document Type: Article

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