Chaotic Advection and Molecular Diffusion

本研究是对混沌平流混合的分析与实验相结合的研究，以及分子扩散对这一过程的影响。实验将用扩散系数不同但其他性质相似的流体进行。该设备将是该研究人员先前使用的设备的改进版本，可以产生三维运动。混沌平流为高效混合装置提供了新的可能性。分子扩散效应在以前的研究中很大程度上被忽略了。

This study is a combined analytical and experimental investigation of mixing from chaotic advection, and the influence of molecular diffusion on this process. Experiments will be conducted with fluids of different diffusivities but similar other properties. The apparatus will be a modified version of that used previously by this investigator which allows three-dimensional motion to be generated. Chaotic advection offers new possibilities for efficient mixing devices. Molecular diffusion effects have largely been ignored in prior studies of this phenomenon.