Richtmyer-Meshkov instability growth: Experiment, simulation and theory

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 389, Issue , 1999, Pages 55-79

  Holmes, Richard L ^a   Dimonte, Guy ^b   Fryxell, Bruce ^c,d   Gittings, Michael L ^a,e   Grove, John W ^a,f   Schneider, Marilyn ^b   Sharp, David H ^a   Velikovich, Alexander L ^g   Weaver, Robert P ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^e  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^f STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Berkeley Research Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LINEARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL FLOW;

MACH NUMBER; RICHTMYER-MESHKOV INSTABILITY GROWTH;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032650314     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112099004838     Document Type: Article

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