Asymptotic spike evolution in Rayleigh-Taylor instability

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 525, Issue , 2005, Pages 105-113

  Clavin, Paul ^a   Williams, Forman ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; SURFACE TENSION; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VACUUM; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOUR; ASYMPTOTIC SPIKES; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITY; SURFACE CURVATURE;

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW;

INSTABILITY; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TAYLOR DISPERSION;

EID: 14844337830     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004002630     Document Type: Article

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