The Kinematics of Mixing: Stretching, Chaos, and TransportIn spite of its universality, mixing is poorly understood and generally speaking, mixing problems are attacked on a case-by-case basis. This is the first book to present a unified treatment of the mixing of fluids from a kinematical viewpoint. The author's aim is to provide a conceptually clear basis from which to launch analysis and to facilitate an understanding of the numerous mixing problems encountered in nature and technology. After presenting the necessary background in kinematics and fluid dynamics, Professor Ottino considers various examples of dealing with necessary background in dynamical systems and chaos. The book assumes little previous knowledge of fluid dynamics and dynamical systems and can be used as a textbook by final-year undergraduates, graduate students and researchers in applied mathematics, engineering science, geophysics and physics who have an interest in fluid dynamics, continuum mechanics and dynamical systems. It is profusely illustrated in colour, with many line diagrams and half-tones. Systems which illustrate the most important concepts, many exercises and examples are included. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Computation of stretching and efficiency | 4 |
Flow trajectories and deformation | 18 |
Conservation equations change of frame and vorticity | 42 |
6 | 87 |
Bibliography | 94 |
Chaos in Hamiltonian systems | 130 |
Mixing and chaos in twodimensional timeperiodic flows | 154 |
Mixing and chaos in threedimensional and open flows | 220 |
diffusion and reaction in lamellar structures | 273 |
Cartesian vectors and tensors | 319 |
List of frequently used symbols | 342 |
| 355 | |
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| Title | The Kinematics of Mixing: Stretching, Chaos, and Transport Volume 3 of Cambridge Texts in Applied Mathematics |
| Author | J. M. Ottino |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1989 |
| ISBN | 0521368782, 9780521368780 |
| Length | 364 pages |
| Subjects | › › Mathematics / Applied Science / Mechanics / Fluids Technology & Engineering / Chemical & Biochemical |
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