Experimental investigation of RayleighTaylor mixing at small Atwood numbers

DOI10.1017/S0022112003007419zbMath1067.76518OpenAlexW2037451814MaRDI QIDQ4819089

Malcolm J. Andrews, Praveen Ramaprabhu

Publication date: 24 September 2004

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112003007419

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability (76E17) Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25)

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