Variable-density mixing in buoyancy-driven turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 605, Issue , 2008, Pages 145-180

  Livescu, D ^a   Ristorcelli, J R ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFUSION; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; MIXING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ATWOOD NUMBER; BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATION; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; SCHMIDT NUMBER;

TURBULENCE;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFUSION; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; MIXING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TURBULENCE;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; BUOYANCY; FLOW STRUCTURE; GAUSSIAN METHOD; INSTABILITY; KINETIC ENERGY; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

EID: 44449124697     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008001481     Document Type: Article

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