A comparative study of approaches for modeling Rayleigh-Taylor turbulent mixing

Physica Scripta T

Volumn T142, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Abarzhi, Snezhana I ^a   Rosner, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC PROPERTIES; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; MODELING STUDIES; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR TURBULENT MIXING;

MIXING;

EID: 79551634755     PISSN: 02811847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/2010/T142/014012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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