Bubble merger model for the nonlinear Rayleigh-Taylor instability driven by a strong blast wave

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 5140-5155

  Miles, A R ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLAST WAVES; BUBBLE MERGER MODELS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUIDS; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR (RT) INSTABILITY;

BUOYANCY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DRAG; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STABILITY CRITERIA;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

EID: 10944263180     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1790498     Document Type: Article

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