Rayleigh–Taylor mixing in an otherwise stable stratification

DOI10.1017/jfm.2011.398zbMath1241.76261OpenAlexW2161129217MaRDI QIDQ2893774

Andrew Lawrie, Stuart B. Dalziel

Publication date: 26 June 2012

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2011.398

zbMATH Keywords

turbulent mixingbuoyancy-driven instabilitystratified turbulence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25) Stratification effects in turbulence (76F45)

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