Mixing in vortical, chaotic and turbulent flows.

نویسنده

  • J C Vassilicos
چکیده

Mixing is discussed in relation to stirring as reflected in the geometry of advected interfaces, the behaviour of fluid-element pairs and their separation rates. Stirring is different in vortical, chaotic and turbulent flows because of qualitative differences in spatio-temporal flow structure, thus giving rise to different mixing laws. Important applications of the mixing and stirring properties discussed in this review are chlorine deactivation and ozone depletion in stratospheric mid-latitudes.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences

دوره 360 1801  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2002