Bulk turbulent transport and structure in Rayleigh-Taylor, Richtmyer-Meshkov, and variable acceleration instabilities

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 305-310

  Llor, Antoine ^a  

^a CEA DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Mining instabilities; Rayleigh Taylor; Richtmyer Meshkov; Self similar flows; Turbulence structure; Turbulent models

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TURBULENT FLOW;

BULK TURBULENT TRANSPORT; MINING INSTABILITIES; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITIES; RICHTMYER-MESHKOV INSTABILITIES; SELF-SIMILAR FLOWS; TURBULENCE STRUCTURE; TURBULENT MIXING ZONES;

MIXING;

EID: 1642454886     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034603213021     Document Type: Article

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