Spouting and planform selection in the Rayleigh-Taylor instability of miscible viscous fluids

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 377, Issue , 1998, Pages 27-45

  Ribe, N M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHASE INTERFACES; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

PLANFORM; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITY; SPOUTS;

VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 0032319117     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112098002912     Document Type: Article

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