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Fractal Behavior of Flow of an Inhomogeneous Fluid Over a Smooth Inclined Surface

2001/03/12 by B. Ghane-Motlagh, Maleki-Jirsaraei, S. Baradaran +7
Computer Science · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Physics and Astronomy · #Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis #Computational Physics and Python Applications #Theoretical and Computational Physics #cond-mat.dis-nn #cond-mat.soft

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0103247

8 pages, 6 figures

arxiv created 2001/03/12 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

Patterns formed by the flow of an inhomogeneous fluid (suspension) over a smooth inclined surface were studied. It was observed that for inclination angle larger than a threshold, global fractal patterns are formed. The fractal dimensions of these patterns were measured df=1.35-1.45 which corresponds to that observed for the flow of water over an inhomogeneous surface, implying that this system is within the same universality class. Except that here the disorder is present in the fluid and is transferred to the surface. This observation is in agreement with the result of the theories of nonlinear flow of fluid in disordered media.

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