A turnstile mechanism for fronts propagating in fluid flows

We consider the propagation of fronts in a periodically driven flowing medium. It is shown that the progress of fronts in these systems may be mediated by a turnstile mechanism akin to that found in chaotic advection. We first define the modified (“active”) turnstile lobes according to the evolution...

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Published in:Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2013-12, Vol.23 (4), p.043106-043106
Main Authors: Mahoney, John R., Mitchell, Kevin A.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Models, Theoretical
Rheology - methods
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Summary:We consider the propagation of fronts in a periodically driven flowing medium. It is shown that the progress of fronts in these systems may be mediated by a turnstile mechanism akin to that found in chaotic advection. We first define the modified (“active”) turnstile lobes according to the evolution of point sources across a transport boundary. We then show that the lobe boundaries may be constructed from stable and unstable burning invariant manifolds (BIMs)—one-way barriers to front propagation analogous to traditional invariant manifolds for passive advection. Because the BIMs are one-dimensional curves in a three-dimensional (xyθ) phase space, their projection into xy-space exhibits several key differences from their advective counterparts: (lobe) areas are not preserved, BIMs may self-intersect, and an intersection between stable and unstable BIMs does not map to another such intersection. These differences must be accommodated in the correct construction of the new turnstile. As an application, we consider a lobe-based treatment protocol for protecting an ocean bay from an invading algae bloom.
ISSN:1054-1500
1089-7682
DOI:10.1063/1.4824675