An experimental study of the high Mach number and high initial-amplitude effects on the evolution of the single-mode Richtmyer-Meshkov instability

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 341-346

  Sadot, Oren ^a,b   Rikanati, A ^a,b   Oron, D ^a,c   Ben Dor, G ^b   Shvarts, D ^a,b  

^a NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Richtmyer Meshkov instability; Shock tube experiments; Turbulent mixing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMA SHOCK WAVES; SHOCK TUBES; VORTEX FLOW;

MACH NUMBER; RICHTMYER-MESHKOV INSTABILITY; TURBULENT MIXING;

PLASMA STABILITY;

EID: 1642577233     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034603213082     Document Type: Article

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