Time-Symmetry Breaking in Turbulent Multi-Particle Dispersion

• Main Author: Jucha, Jennifer (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Physical chemistry.; Fluids.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Statistical physics.; Fluid mechanics.; Nonlinear Dynamics.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Physical Chemistry.

This thesis presents experimental and theoretical investigations of the connection between the time asymmetry in the short-time evolution of particle clusters and the intrinsic irreversibility of turbulent flows due to the energy cascade. The term turbulence describes a special state of a continuous...

Table of Contents:

• Motivation
• Introduction and Theory
• Experimental Methods,- Two-Particle Dispersion
• Four-Particle Dispersion
• The Effect of Polymers
• Discussion and Perspectives.