Date of Award
8-2018
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
College/School
College of Science and Mathematics
Department/Program
Mathematical Sciences
Thesis Sponsor/Dissertation Chair/Project Chair
Eric Forgoston
Committee Member
A. David Trubatch
Committee Member
Bogdan Nita
Abstract
We consider a time-dependent, wind-driven, stochastic double-gyre flow, and investigate the interaction between the flow and coupled particles operating within the flow. It is known that noise can cause individual particles to escape from one gyre to another gyre. By computing the Lagrangian coherent structures (LCS) of the system, one can determine low and high probability regions of particle escape. We adjust the coupling between two particles, and study the effect on particle escape for a variety of initial conditions and noise intensities.
Recommended Citation
Albrizzio, Manuel, "Dynamics of Coupled Particles in a Time-Dependent, Double-Gyre Flow" (2018). Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects. 178.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/etd/178