Abstract
Understanding the mechanisms that control 3D fluid transport is central to
many processes including mixing, chemical reaction and biological activity.
Here a novel mechanism for 3D transport is uncovered where fluid particles are
kicked between streamlines near a localized shear, which occurs in many flows
and materials. This results in 3D transport similar to Resonance Induced
Dispersion (RID); the new mechanism is more rapid and mutually incompatible
with RID. We explore its governing impact with a simple model and model fluid
flow. We show that transitions from 1D to 2D and 2D to 3D transport occur based
on the relative magnitudes of streamline jumps in two transverse directions.
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