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Résumé :
Mixing may be thought of as the operation by which a system evolves from one state of simplicity (initial segregation) to another state of simplicity (complete uniformity). Between these two extremes, complex patterns emerge and die. Questions naturally arise- how can the geometry of complex patterns be characterised, what is the time scale of the process, what structures are involved in the flow? This volume, comprising the proceedings of the NATO ASI on Mixing, attempts to address these questions from the approaches of geometry, kinetics and structure. The ASI which brought together diverse communities with a common interest in the problem of mixing, now provides us with a comprehensive work on the problem of mixing.

Sommaire:
Introduction: Why Mixing?.- Introduction: Why Mixing?.- I: History, Lexicon, and Basics.- A Philosophical and Historical Journey through Mixing and Fully-Developed Turbulence.- Mixing: Turbulence and Chaos - An Introduction.- II: Geometry of Mixing and Engineering Applications.- Turbulence, Fractals, and Mixing.- Scale-Dependent Fractal Geometry.- Comparing Extremes: Mixing of Fluids, Mixing of Solids.- Scale Covariance and Geometry in Turbulent Combustion.- III: Mixing and Dispersion in Geophysical Contexts.- Dynamics of Lagrangian Tracers in Barotropic Turbulence.- Transport, Stirring, and Mixing in the Atmosphere.- The Ozone Hole.- The effect of Schmidt Number on Stratified Entrainment.- Dispersion at Large P?clet Number.- IV: Statistical Methods and Mixing.- An Introduction to Chaotic Advection.- Renormalization Group Method in Chaotic Mixing.- Fluctuations and Mixing of a Passive Scalar in Turbulent Flow.- Cascade Models of Turbulence and Mixing.

`...it is probably the best modern introduction to the subject.... the book definitely belongs to a personal library of anyone seriously interested in mixing.' Grigory E Falkovich - J. Turbulence (May 2000)