Topology, braids and mixing in fluids

DOI10.1098/RSTA.2006.1899zbMATH Open1152.76350arXivnlin/0603003OpenAlexW1984186653WikidataQ36647480 ScholiaQ36647480MaRDI QIDQ5301905FDOQ5301905

Authors: Jean-Luc Thiffeault, Matthew D. Finn 

Publication date: 20 January 2009

Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Stirring of fluid with moving rods is necessary in many practical applications to achieve homogeneity. These rods are topological obstacles that force stretching of fluid elements. The resulting stretching and folding is commonly observed as filaments and striations, and is a precursor to mixing. In a space-time diagram, the trajectories of the rods form a braid, and the properties of this braid impose a minimal complexity in the flow. We review the topological viewpoint of fluid mixing, and discuss how braids can be used to diagnose mixing and construct efficient mixing devices. We introduce a new, realisable design for a mixing device, the silver mixer, based on these principles.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0603003

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zbMATH Keywords

braidschaotic mixingtopological chaos

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Strange attractors, chaotic dynamics of systems with hyperbolic behavior (37D45) Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36) Stratification effects in inviscid fluids (76B70) Stratification effects in turbulence (76F45)

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• Simulation of topological chaos in laminar flows

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