Spherical Richtmyer-Meshkov instability for axisymmetric flow

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 65, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 417-430

  Dutta, Srabasti ^a   Glimm, James ^a,b   Grove, John W ^c   Sharp, David H ^d   Zhang, Yongmin ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Front tracking; Richtmyer Meshkov instability; Spherical geometry

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOMETRY; MIXING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

FRONT TRACKING; RICHTMYER-MESHKOV INSTABILITY; SPHERICAL GEOMETRY;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 2342561831     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2004.01.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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