Understanding the structure of the turbulent mixing layer in hydrodynamic instabilities

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1053-1060

  Laney, D ^b   Bremer, P T ^a,b   Mascarenhas, A ^b   Miller, P ^b   Pascucci, V ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Morse theory; Multi resolution; Topology

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE GROWTH; MORSE THEORY; STATISTICAL INFORMATION;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TOPOLOGY; TRACKING (POSITION);

MIXING;

EID: 33845617962     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2006.186     Document Type: Conference Paper

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