Buoyancy-driven variable-density turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 591, Issue , 2007, Pages 43-71

  Livescu, D ^a   Ristorcelli, J R ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

BENCH-MARK PROBLEMS; DIFFERENT DENSITIES; GRADIENT CORRELATION; NON BOUSSINESQ EFFECT; NON-EQUILIBRIUM FLOWS; PROJECTION ALGORITHMS; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITIES; TRANSITION TO TURBULENCE;

TURBULENCE;

ALGORITHM; BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; KINETIC ENERGY; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

EID: 44449155819     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112007008270     Document Type: Article

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