A mixer design for the pigtail braid

The stirring of a body of viscous fluid using multiple stirring rods is known to be particularly effective when the rods trace out a path corresponding to a nontrivial mathematical braid. The optimal braid is the so-called "pigtail braid", in which three stirring rods execute the usu...

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Main Authors: Binder, B. J., Cox, Stephen M.
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Published: Elsevier
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Cox, Stephen M.
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description The stirring of a body of viscous fluid using multiple stirring rods is known to be particularly effective when the rods trace out a path corresponding to a nontrivial mathematical braid. The optimal braid is the so-called "pigtail braid", in which three stirring rods execute the usual "over-under" motion associated with braiding plaiting) hair. We show how to achieve this optimal braiding motion straightforwardly: one stirring rod is driven in a figure-of-eight motion, while the other two rods are baffles, which rotate episodically about their common centre. We also explore the extent to which the physical baffles may be replaced by flow structures (such as periodic islands).
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spelling nottingham-6682020-05-04T20:34:26Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/668/ A mixer design for the pigtail braid Binder, B. J. Cox, Stephen M. The stirring of a body of viscous fluid using multiple stirring rods is known to be particularly effective when the rods trace out a path corresponding to a nontrivial mathematical braid. The optimal braid is the so-called "pigtail braid", in which three stirring rods execute the usual "over-under" motion associated with braiding plaiting) hair. We show how to achieve this optimal braiding motion straightforwardly: one stirring rod is driven in a figure-of-eight motion, while the other two rods are baffles, which rotate episodically about their common centre. We also explore the extent to which the physical baffles may be replaced by flow structures (such as periodic islands). Elsevier Article PeerReviewed Binder, B. J. and Cox, Stephen M. A mixer design for the pigtail braid. Fluid Dynamics Research . ISSN 0169-5983 (In Press) Chaotic advection Braid Stokes flow Fluid mixing http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01695983 doi:10.1016/j.fluiddyn.2006.09.001 doi:10.1016/j.fluiddyn.2006.09.001
spellingShingle Chaotic advection
Braid
Stokes flow
Fluid mixing
Binder, B. J.
Cox, Stephen M.
A mixer design for the pigtail braid
title A mixer design for the pigtail braid
title_full A mixer design for the pigtail braid
title_fullStr A mixer design for the pigtail braid
title_full_unstemmed A mixer design for the pigtail braid
title_short A mixer design for the pigtail braid
title_sort mixer design for the pigtail braid
topic Chaotic advection
Braid
Stokes flow
Fluid mixing
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/668/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/668/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/668/