Effective diffusion of scalar fields in a chaotic flow
Work
Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: The advection of a tracer field in a fluid flow can create complex scalar structures and increase the effect of weak diffusion by orders of magnitude. One tool to quantify this is to measure the flux ... more
Source: Physics of Fluids
Institution University of Exeter
Cites: 15
Cited by: 3
Related to: 10
FWCI: 0.454
Citation percentile (by year/subfield): 50.41
Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green