Front dynamics and macroscopic diffusion in buoyant mixing in a tilted tube

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Seon T ^a   Znaien, J ^a   Perrin, B ^b   Hinch, E J ^c   Salin, D ^a   Hulin, J P ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIFFUSION; DISPERSIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOSITY;

ATWOOD NUMBER; DISPERSION COEFFICIENT; MACROSCOPIC DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; MACROSCOPIC DIFFUSION EQUATION;

MIXING;

BUOYANCY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIFFUSION; DISPERSIONS; MIXING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOSITY;

EID: 38049073213     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2821733     Document Type: Article

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