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Experimental visualization of lagrangian coherent structures using eulerian averaging

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Abstract

Time-averaging of Eulerian light intensity measurements in flow visualization experiments is proposed as a powerful, non-intrusive technique for visualizing Lagrangian coherent structures in dynamically rich flows. For steady and time-periodic laminar flows a formal theory has been developed that explains the success of such technique by showing the equivalency between Eulerian and Lagrangian averages of quantities conserved along particle paths. Similar Eulerian averaging ideas, however, have been successfully used to visualize and extract the coherence time scale of Lagrangian coherent eddies in an aperiodic (turbulent) flow Recent examples from the application of these ideas to visualize Lagrangian coherent structures in laminar and turbulent flows are presented.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationCISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Courses and Lectures
PublisherSpringer International Publishing
Pages275-289
Number of pages15
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

Publication series

NameCISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Courses and Lectures
Volume510
ISSN (Print)0254-1971
ISSN (Electronic)2309-3706

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Computer Science Applications

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