A comparative numerical study of the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability with nonlinear analysis in two and three dimensions

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3069-3077

  Li, X L ^a   Zhang, Q ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSTABILITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SHOCK WAVE;

EID: 0030690085     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869415     Document Type: Review

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