Lobe dynamics in a kinematic model of a meandering jet. I. Geometry and statistics of transport and lobe dynamics with accelerated convergence

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-25

  Raynal, Florence ^a   Wiggins, Stephen ^b  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamical systems; Lobe dynamics; Meandering jet; Mixing

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STEEL STRUCTURES;

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; GEOMETRIC STRUCTURES; LOBE DYNAMICS; MEANDERING JETS;

JETS;

EID: 33750061658     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2006.07.021     Document Type: Article

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