In order to mix highly viscous fluids with minimal energetic input, we propose a new active inline mixer based on the principle of mixing by chaotic advection. We demonstrate by simple scaling arguments that, by a judicious choice of the controlling parameters, mixing could be efficient. This theoretical study is validated by numerical simulations in the case of Newtonian fluid flows at low Reynolds number. The rheological behavior of the working fluids, the Newtonian (Emkarox) and the yield stress (Carbopol) fluids, used in the experimental study, is characterized. In parallel, an experimental device is designed and built in the framework of this thesis. During a Newtonian fluid flow, velocity field measurements, obtained by the particle i...
Mixing and chaotic advection are studied in a liquid electrolyte set in motion by an electrical curr...
By using a programmed sequence of boundary motions to introduce flow reorientation to a steady, lami...
We investigate mixing in a viscoelastic and shear-thinning fluid—a very common combination in polyme...
Dans le but de mélanger les fluides visqueux avec une dépense énergétique minimale, nous proposons u...
International audienceWe present experimental results of chaotic mixing of Newtonian fluids and yiel...
We exploit the connection between the kinematics of mixing and the theory of dynamical systems. The ...
National audienceWe present some results of a numerical study of the mixing of a passive scalar by c...
Several studies on model systems have established the potential utility of the theory of chaotic sys...
The objective of this work is to study chaotic mixing in three-dimensional and continuous viscous fl...
We have studied the mixing of viscous fluids in 2-D closed and open flows, where stirring rods creat...
This study characterizes a new mixing process based on chaotic advection for the production of water...
With fast development of microfluidic systems, fluid micro-mixing becomes a very important issue. In...
Elastic instabilities are identified as flow instabilities occurring in the presence of low inertial...
Rapid transport of heat and mass is required in many industrial processes. Mixing is a fundamental i...
We investigate the enhancement of both mixing and heat transfer in a two-rod mixer for highly-viscou...
Mixing and chaotic advection are studied in a liquid electrolyte set in motion by an electrical curr...
By using a programmed sequence of boundary motions to introduce flow reorientation to a steady, lami...
We investigate mixing in a viscoelastic and shear-thinning fluid—a very common combination in polyme...
Dans le but de mélanger les fluides visqueux avec une dépense énergétique minimale, nous proposons u...
International audienceWe present experimental results of chaotic mixing of Newtonian fluids and yiel...
We exploit the connection between the kinematics of mixing and the theory of dynamical systems. The ...
National audienceWe present some results of a numerical study of the mixing of a passive scalar by c...
Several studies on model systems have established the potential utility of the theory of chaotic sys...
The objective of this work is to study chaotic mixing in three-dimensional and continuous viscous fl...
We have studied the mixing of viscous fluids in 2-D closed and open flows, where stirring rods creat...
This study characterizes a new mixing process based on chaotic advection for the production of water...
With fast development of microfluidic systems, fluid micro-mixing becomes a very important issue. In...
Elastic instabilities are identified as flow instabilities occurring in the presence of low inertial...
Rapid transport of heat and mass is required in many industrial processes. Mixing is a fundamental i...
We investigate the enhancement of both mixing and heat transfer in a two-rod mixer for highly-viscou...
Mixing and chaotic advection are studied in a liquid electrolyte set in motion by an electrical curr...
By using a programmed sequence of boundary motions to introduce flow reorientation to a steady, lami...
We investigate mixing in a viscoelastic and shear-thinning fluid—a very common combination in polyme...