Buoyant mixing of miscible fluids in tilted tubes

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Seon T ^a   Hulin, J P ^a   Salin, D ^a   Perrin, B ^b   Hinch, E J ^c  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE STATISTIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DIFFUSION; MIXING; SOLUBILITY; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

BUOYANT MIXING; MACROSCOPICALLY DIFFUSIVE; MISCIBLE FLUIDS; TILTED TUBES;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

MIXING;

EID: 15844403802     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1808771     Document Type: Article

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