Lagrangian coherent structures

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 137-162

  Haller, George ^a  

^a Institute of Mechanical Systems (IMES)   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

invariant manifolds; Mixing; nonlinear dynamics; transport; turbulence

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; MIXING; TURBULENCE;

GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INVARIANT MANIFOLDS; LAGRANGIAN COHERENT STRUCTURES; MATERIAL SURFACE; MATERIAL TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL APPROACH; TRANSPORT;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; FLUID; FLUID MECHANICS; FORECASTING METHOD; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE FLUX; TURBULENCE; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84961289474     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-fluid-010313-141322     Document Type: Review

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