On the initialization of Rayleigh-Taylor simulations

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Ramaprabhu, P ^a   Andrews, M J ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GROWTH (MATERIALS); PROBLEM SOLVING;

HIGH-RESOLUTION VELOCITY; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR SIMULATIONS; VELOCITY PERTURBATIONS;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

CLOSED CHANNEL; MIXING; MODELING;

EID: 4344588664     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1765171     Document Type: Article

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