Amplitude growth rate of a Richtmyer-Meshkov unstable two-dimensional interface to intermediate times

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 475, Issue , 2003, Pages 147-162

  Zabusky, Norman J ^a   Kotelnikov, Alexei D ^a   Gulak, Yuriy ^a   Peng, Gaozhu ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBLEM SOLVING;

RICHTMYER-MESHKOV INSTABILITY;

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW;

FLOW MODELING; FLUID INTERFACE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0037464966     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112002002732     Document Type: Article

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