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review article
Fluid dynamic instabilities: theory and application to pattern forming in complex media
In this review article, we exemplify the use of stability analysis tools to rationalize pattern formation in complex media. Specifically, we focus on fluid flows, and show how the destabilization of their interface sets the blueprint of the patterns they eventually form. We review the potential use and limitations of the theoretical methods at the end, in terms of their applications to practical settings, e.g. as guidelines to design and fabricate structures while harnessing instabilities. This article is part of the themed issue 'Patterning through instabilities in complex media: theory and applications'.
Type
review article
Web of Science ID
WOS:000398215500002
Authors
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Volume
375
Issue
2093
Article Number
20160155
Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
EPFL units
Available on Infoscience
May 1, 2017
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