Measures of mixing quality in open flows with chaotic advection

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Gouillart, E ^a   Dauchot, O ^b   Thiffeault, J L ^c  

^a SAINT GOBAIN RECHERCHE   (France)

^b SERVICE DE PHYSIQUE DE L ETAT CONDENSÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; FLUIDITY; FLUIDS;

CHAOTIC ADVECTION; CHAOTIC MIXING; FLUID PARTICLES; MIXING EFFICIENCY; MIXING INDEX; MIXING QUALITY; NORMALIZED STANDARD DEVIATIONS; OPEN FLOW;

MIXING;

EID: 79551516213     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3506817     Document Type: Article

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