Self-similarity of Rayleigh-Taylor mixing rates

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-13

  George, E ^a   Glimm, J ^a,b  

^a Stony Brook   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY OF LIQUIDS; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; REMOVAL; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

ATWOOD NUMBER; FLUID MIXING; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR MIXING RATES; TIME DEPENDENT ANALYSIS;

MIXING;

LIQUID-LIQUID MIXING;

EID: 20444388691     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1890426     Document Type: Article

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