Abstract
A number of inherently different processes constitute what is called mixing. Ottino [110] distinguishes between three sub-problems of mixing: (i) mixing of a single fluid (or similar fluids) governed by the stretching and folding of material elements; (ii) mixing governed by diffusion or chemical reactions; and (iii) mixing of different fluids governed by the breakup and coalescence of material elements. Of course, all processes may be present simultaneously. In the first sub-problem, the interfaces between the fluids are passive [13], and the mixing may be determined by studying the movement of a passive tracer, or dye, in a homogeneous fluid flow. This is the problem we are interested in here.
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Aamo, O.M., Krstić, M. (2003). Mixing. In: Flow Control by Feedback. Communications and Control Engineering. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3805-1_5
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