Formation of coherent structures by fluid inertia in three-dimensional laminar flows

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 654, Issue , 2010, Pages 5-34

  Pouransari, Z ^a,b   Speetjens, M F M ^a   Clercx, H J H ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

chaotic advection; low Reynolds numbers flows; nonlinear dynamical systems

Indexed keywords

CHAOTIC SYSTEMS; DISINTEGRATION; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXING; NONLINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CHAOTIC ADVECTION; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; LAMINAR FLOW CONDITIONS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL LAMINAR FLOWS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ADVECTION; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW MODELING; FLOW STRUCTURE; INERTIA; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 77957142455     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010001552     Document Type: Article

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