A numerical study of the statistics of a two-dimensional Raleigh-Taylor mixing layer

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2413-2423

  Clark, Timothy T ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

FLUID INTERFACE;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

FLUID INTERFACE; MIXING LAYER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 0043285868     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1589015     Document Type: Article

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