Stretching and curvature of material lines in chaotic flows

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 198, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 169-181

  Thiffeault, Jean Luc ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curvature; Lyapunov exponents; Stretching in fluids

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FLUIDS; KINEMATICS; LYAPUNOV METHODS; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRAJECTORIES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CURVATURE; LYAPUNOV EXPONENTS; STRETCHING IN FLUIDS; TIME-DEPENDENT FACTORS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 9544226418     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2004.04.009     Document Type: Article

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