Asymmetric Rayleigh-Taylor and double-diffusive fingers in reactive systems

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lemaigre, L ^a   Budroni, M A ^a   Riolfo, L A ^a   Grosfils, P ^a   De Wit, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY;

BUOYANCY DRIVEN FLOWS; DENSITY DIFFERENCE; DIFFERENT DENSITIES; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; HYDRODYNAMIC PATTERN; REACTANT SOLUTION; REACTION-DIFFUSION PROCESS; REACTIVE SITUATIONS;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 84873470337     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4774321     Document Type: Article

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