Predicting mixing microstructure in three-dimensional chaotic systems

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3274-3279

  Szalai, E S ^a   Muzzio, F J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPELLERS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXING; STATISTICAL METHODS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

COMPLEX FLOW;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

CHAOS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXING; PREDICTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0344468056     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1595101     Document Type: Article

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