Turbulence and fluid-front area production in binary-species, supercritical, transitional mixing layers

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1467-1492

  Okong'o, N ^a   Bellan, J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MIXING; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PRODUCTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STRAIN; VECTORS; VISCOSITY;

BINARY-SPECIES; SPECIES SYSTEM; VORTICITY;

TURBULENCE;

EDDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MIXING; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 2442644997     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1688326     Document Type: Article

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