Comparison of two- and three-dimensional simulations of miscible Rayleigh-Taylor instability

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Cabot, W ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICS; TURBULENT FLOW;

LARGE-EDDY SIMULATIONS; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33745622684     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2191856     Document Type: Article

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