The formation and evolution of a diffusive interface

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 331, Issue , 1997, Pages 199-229

  Molemaker, M Jeroen ^a   Dijkstra, Henk A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VELOCITY;

BUOYANCY JUMP; ENERGY BALANCE; KINETIC ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

DIFFUSION; SIMULATION-NUMERICAL; STRATIFIED FLOW;

EID: 0031006647     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096003862     Document Type: Article

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