Rayleigh-Taylor mixing rates for compressible flow

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Jin, H ^a   Liu, X F ^a   Lu, T ^a   Cheng, B ^b   Glimm, J ^a,c   Sharp, D H ^b  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUOYANCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE INTERFACES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY;

BUOYANCY DRAG EQUATION; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR MIXING RATES;

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW;

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; DRAG COEFFICIENT; INSTABILITY; MIXING;

EID: 23944450396     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1843155     Document Type: Article

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