Stretching and curvature of material lines in chaotic flows

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSD.2004.04.009MaRDI QIDQ707185zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Jean-Luc Thiffeault

Publication date 9 February 2005

Published in Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0204069

zbMATH Keywords

conservation lawLyapunov exponents

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical systems in fluid mechanics, oceanography and meteorology (37N10) Diffusion and convection (76R99)

Abstract: As a streak of dye is advected by a chaotic flow, it stretches and folds and becomes indistinguishable from a one-dimensional idealized material line. The variation along a material line of the total stretching experienced by fluid elements is examined, and it is found that it can be decomposed into an overall time-dependent factor, constant along the line, and a smooth time-independent deviation. The stretching is related by a power law to the curvature of the line near sharp bends. This is confirmed numerically and motivated by a simple model. A conservation law for Lyapunov exponents explains deviations from a power-law.

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