<< Viscoelastic porous media flows become chaotic beyond critical flow conditions, impacting processes including enhanced oil recovery and targeted drug delivery. Understanding how geometric details of the porous medium affect the onset and strength of the chaotic flows can lead to fundamental insights and potential optimization of such processes. Recently, it has been argued that geometric disorder in the medium suppresses chaotic fluctuations. In contrast, (AA) demonstrate that disorder can also significantly enhance fluctuations given a different originally ordered configuration. (AA) show that the occurrence of stagnation points in the flow field is the vital factor controlling the onset and strength of fluctuation, providing a general and intuitive understanding of how pore geometry affects this important class of complex viscoelastic flows. >>
Simon J. Haward, Cameron C. Hopkins, Amy Q. Shen. Stagnation points control chaotic fluctuations in viscoelastic porous media flow. PNAS. 118 (38) e2111651118. doi: 10.1073/ pnas.2111651118. Sep 21, 2021.
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keyword 'elastic' | 'turbulence' | 'disorder' in FonT
keyword 'elastico' | 'turbolento' | 'disordine' in Notes
(quasi-stochastic poetry)
keywords: viscoelastic flows, porous media, stagnation, elastic turbulence, chaos, chaotic fluctuations, geometric disorder.
