Numerical study of axisymmetric Richtmyer-Meshkov instability and azimuthal effect on spherical mixing

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 241-260

  Glimm, James ^a,b   Grove, John ^c   Zhang, Yongmin ^a   Dutta, Srabasti ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axisymmetric instability; Azimuthal asymmetry; Random interface; Richtmyer Meshkov; Spherical mixing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036111727     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014518906518     Document Type: Conference Paper

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