Experiments on double-diffusive sugar-salt fingers at high stability ratio

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 321, Issue , 1996, Pages 315-333

  Taylor, John R ^a   Veronis, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE DIFFUSIVE SUGAR SALT FINGERS; STABILITY RATIO;

DIFFUSION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MODELS; SALTS; STABILITY; SUGARS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 0030217616     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096007744     Document Type: Article

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