On the three-dimensional Rayleigh-Taylor instability

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1143-1152

  He, Xiaoyi ^a   Zhang, Raoyang ^a   Chen, Shiyi ^a   Doolen, Gary D ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000238636     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869984     Document Type: Article

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