3D Simulations to investigate initial condition effects on the growth of Rayleigh-Taylor mixing

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 17-18, 2009, Pages 3906-3917

  Banerjee, Arindam ^a   Andrews, Malcolm J ^b  

^a Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

ILES; Initial conditions; Instabilities; Rayleigh Taylor

Indexed keywords

3D SIMULATIONS; CAN DESIGN; COMPLEX EFFECTS; FINITE-VOLUME; GROWTH PARAMETERS; ILES; INCOMPRESSIBLE EULER EQUATIONS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INSTABILITIES; MIXING LAYERS; NUMERICAL DISSIPATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR MIXING; SPECTRAL BANDWIDTH; SPECTRAL SHAPES; TIME DEVELOPMENT;

BANDWIDTH; EULER EQUATIONS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TURBULENCE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 67249122658     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.03.032     Document Type: Article

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