Rayleigh-Taylor turbulence is nothing like Kolmogorov turbulence in the self similar regime

Abstract

An increasing number of numerical simulations and experiments describing the turbulent spectrum of Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) mixing layers came to light over the past few years. Results reported in recent studies allow to rule out a turbulence {\it à la Kolmogorov} as a mechanism acting on a self similar RT turbulent mixing layer. A different mechanism is presented, which complies with both numerical and experimental results and relates RT flow to other buoyant flows.

4 pages, 1 figure, Phys. Rev. Lett 97, 185002 (2006)

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