A Critical Analysis of Rayleigh-Taylor Growth Rates

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 652-677

  Glimm, J ^a,b   Grove, J W ^c   Li, X L ^a   Oh, W ^a   Sharp, D H ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMICS; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DISSIPATION EFFECTS; DOMINANT FACTOR; INSTABILITY GROWTH; MASS DIFFUSION; NUMERICAL DISPERSIONS; NUMERICAL DISSIPATION; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR GROWTH RATE; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITIES;

EID: 0001661244     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.2000.6590     Document Type: Article

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