Abstract
A mathematical investigation on some kinematic properties of 3D homogeneous flows defined by complex eigenvalues is presented. We demonstrate by mean of simple algebra analysis, that in a 3D flow system a clear threshold between pulsating and non-pulsating fields does not exist. This implies that the existence of a stable or pulsating pattern in 3D flow is not simply imposed by the kinematic vorticity numbers. Moreover, we show theoretically that a 3D flow path having complex eigenvalues could evolve into a stable flow path. These results are applied to the kinematic analysis of some non-dilational and dilational monoclinic and triclinic flows.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 361-367 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Trabajos de Geología |
| Volume | 29 |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- flow kinematics
- deformation
- ghostvector
- pulsating pattern