On the Bell-Plesset effects: The effects of uniform compression and geometrical convergence on the classical Rayleigh-Taylor instability

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 5114-5124

  Epstein, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BELL-PLESSET EFFECTS; COMPRESSIBLE FLUID LAYERS; GEOMETRICAL CONVERGENCE; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR (RT) INSTABILITY;

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; GEOMETRY; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMA DENSITY; STABILITY CRITERIA;

PLASMA STABILITY;

EID: 10944238498     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1790496     Document Type: Article

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