Phase-field model for the Rayleigh-Taylor instability of immiscible fluids

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 622, Issue , 2009, Pages 115-134

  Celani, Antonio ^a   Mazzino, Andrea ^b   Muratore Ginanneschi, Paolo ^c   Vozella, Lara ^b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; TURBULENCE; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY; X RAY MICROSCOPES;

CAHN-HILLIARD EQUATION; DISPERSION RELATIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC TURBULENCE; PERTURBATION GROWTH RATE; PHASE-FIELD APPROACHES; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITIES; SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS; UPPER AND LOWER BOUNDS;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MODELING; FLOW STABILITY; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMMISCIBLE FLUID; INTERFACE; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

EID: 65649134797     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008005120     Document Type: Article

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