Composing chaos: An experimental and numerical study of an open duct mixing flow

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-28

  Metcalfe, Guy ^a   Rudman, M ^a   Brydon, A ^a,b   Graham, L J W ^a   Hamilton, R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaos; Dispersion; Mixing; Non Newtonian; Viscous

Indexed keywords

CHAOTIC ADVECTION; OPEN DUCT MIXING FLOW; ROTATED ARC MIXER (RAM); VISCOUS MATERIALS;

DISPERSIONS; DUCTS; MIXING; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

LAMINAR FLOW;

DISPERSIONS; DUCTS; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXING; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 33645275230     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10640     Document Type: Article

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