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Title: Chaotic advection at large Péclet number: Electromagnetically driven experiments, numerical simulations, and theoretical predictions

Abstract

We present a combination of experiment, theory, and modelling on laminar mixing at large Péclet number. The flow is produced by oscillating electromagnetic forces in a thin electrolytic fluid layer, leading to oscillating dipoles, quadrupoles, octopoles, and disordered flows. The numerical simulations are based on the Diffusive Strip Method (DSM) which was recently introduced (P. Meunier and E. Villermaux, “The diffusive strip method for scalar mixing in two-dimensions,” J. Fluid Mech. 662, 134–172 (2010)) to solve the advection-diffusion problem by combining Lagrangian techniques and theoretical modelling of the diffusion. Numerical simulations obtained with the DSM are in reasonable agreement with quantitative dye visualization experiments of the scalar fields. A theoretical model based on log-normal Probability Density Functions (PDFs) of stretching factors, characteristic of homogeneous turbulence in the Batchelor regime, allows to predict the PDFs of scalar in agreement with numerical and experimental results. This model also indicates that the PDFs of scalar are asymptotically close to log-normal at late stages, except for the large concentration levels which correspond to low stretching factors.

Authors:
 [1]; ;  [2]; ;  [3]
  1. Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62209 (Mexico)
  2. Aix-Marseille Univ., CNRS, Centrale Marseille, IRPHE, Marseille F-13384 (France)
  3. Instituto de Energías Renovables, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, A.P. 34, Temixco, Morelos 62580 (Mexico)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22257109
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physics of Fluids (1994)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 26; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1070-6631
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ADVECTION; CHAOS THEORY; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DIPOLES; DYES; FLUIDS; LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTIONS; QUADRUPOLES; SCALAR FIELDS; SCALARS

Citation Formats

Figueroa, Aldo, Meunier, Patrice, Villermaux, Emmanuel, Cuevas, Sergio, and Ramos, Eduardo. Chaotic advection at large Péclet number: Electromagnetically driven experiments, numerical simulations, and theoretical predictions. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4861004.
Figueroa, Aldo, Meunier, Patrice, Villermaux, Emmanuel, Cuevas, Sergio, & Ramos, Eduardo. Chaotic advection at large Péclet number: Electromagnetically driven experiments, numerical simulations, and theoretical predictions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4861004
Figueroa, Aldo, Meunier, Patrice, Villermaux, Emmanuel, Cuevas, Sergio, and Ramos, Eduardo. 2014. "Chaotic advection at large Péclet number: Electromagnetically driven experiments, numerical simulations, and theoretical predictions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4861004.
@article{osti_22257109,
title = {Chaotic advection at large Péclet number: Electromagnetically driven experiments, numerical simulations, and theoretical predictions},
author = {Figueroa, Aldo and Meunier, Patrice and Villermaux, Emmanuel and Cuevas, Sergio and Ramos, Eduardo},
abstractNote = {We present a combination of experiment, theory, and modelling on laminar mixing at large Péclet number. The flow is produced by oscillating electromagnetic forces in a thin electrolytic fluid layer, leading to oscillating dipoles, quadrupoles, octopoles, and disordered flows. The numerical simulations are based on the Diffusive Strip Method (DSM) which was recently introduced (P. Meunier and E. Villermaux, “The diffusive strip method for scalar mixing in two-dimensions,” J. Fluid Mech. 662, 134–172 (2010)) to solve the advection-diffusion problem by combining Lagrangian techniques and theoretical modelling of the diffusion. Numerical simulations obtained with the DSM are in reasonable agreement with quantitative dye visualization experiments of the scalar fields. A theoretical model based on log-normal Probability Density Functions (PDFs) of stretching factors, characteristic of homogeneous turbulence in the Batchelor regime, allows to predict the PDFs of scalar in agreement with numerical and experimental results. This model also indicates that the PDFs of scalar are asymptotically close to log-normal at late stages, except for the large concentration levels which correspond to low stretching factors.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4861004},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22257109}, journal = {Physics of Fluids (1994)},
issn = {1070-6631},
number = 1,
volume = 26,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Wed Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}