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Theoretical methods for the determination of mixing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2004

BAOLIAN CHENG ,
JAMES GLIMM ,
HYEONSEONG JIN  and
DAVID SHARP
BAOLIAN CHENG
Affiliation:
Applied Physics Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico
JAMES GLIMM
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York Center for Data Intensive Computing, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York
HYEONSEONG JIN
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York
DAVID SHARP
Affiliation:
Applied Physics Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico
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Abstract

Acceleration-driven fluid mixing is studied here from a theoretical point of view. Considerable progress has been achieved in the understanding of mix. Theories of the authors are reviewed that allow prediction of the edge of the mixing zone, in agreement with experimental data. Theories that describe the distribution of masses within the mixing region are also reviewed. The theory we present describes a chunk mix regime, in which two phases are mixed at a chunk level, but for which there is no atomic mixing. Thus the two phases are segregated into disjoint regions of space.

Keywords

MixingMultiphase flowRayleigh–Taylor instability

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Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , July 2003 , pp. 429 - 436
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© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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