Abstract
Fluid mixing is a successful application of chaos. Theory anticipates the coexistence of order and disorder-symmetry and chaos-as well as self-similarity and multifractality arising from repeated stretching and folding. Experiments and computations, in turn, provide a point of confluence and a visual analog for chaotic behavior, multiplicative processes, and scaling behavior. All these concepts have conceptual engineering counterparts: examples arise in the context of flow classification, design of mixing devices, enhancement of transport processes, and controlled structure formation in two-phase systems.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 754-760 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Science |
Volume | 257 |
Issue number | 5071 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1992 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General