Persistent patterns in transient chaotic fluid mixing

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6755, 1999, Pages 770-772

  Rothstein, D ^a   Henry, E ^a   Goltub, J P ^a,b  

^a HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CHAOS; MIXING;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; FLOW KINETICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0033592591     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/44529     Document Type: Article

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