The curvature of material lines in chaotic cavity flows

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-83

  Liu, M ^a,b   Muzzio, F J ^a  

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

^b Minnesota Supercomputer Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITIES; CHAOS; FLOWS; LINE CURVATURE; MATERIALS;

EID: 0029675642     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.868815     Document Type: Article

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