A weakly nonlinear theory for the dynamical Rayleigh-Taylor instability

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1564-1587

  Berning, M ^a   Rubenchik, A M ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000507878     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869677     Document Type: Article

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