A membraneless experiment for the study of Richtmyer-Meshkov instability of a shock-accelerated gas interface

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3078-3085

  Jones, M A ^a   Jacobs, J W ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

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EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INSTABILITY; SHOCK WAVE;

EID: 0030719446     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869416     Document Type: Article

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