Experimental observations of the mixing transition in a shock-accelerated gas curtain

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 186-200

  Rightley, P M ^a   Vorobieff, P ^a   Martin, R ^a,b   Benjamin, R F ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001407092     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869911     Document Type: Article

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