Re-examining the thermal mixing layer with numerical simulations

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 185-192

  De Bruyn Kops, S M ^a   Riley, J J ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MIXING; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0034122069     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870293     Document Type: Article

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