Flow morphologies of two shock-accelerated unstable gas cylinders

Journal of Visualization

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 273-283

  Tomkins, C ^a   Prestridge, K ^a   Rightley, P ^a   Vorobieff, P ^b   Benjamin, R ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

Richtmyer Meshkov instability; Shock wave; Visualization; Vortex dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044531931     PISSN: 13438875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03182335     Document Type: Article

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