Electrohydrodynamic surface instabilities: Role of porous lining at the ablative surface of laser-driven inertial fusion energy target

Current Science

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 628-647

  Rudraiah, N ^a,b   Kalal, M ^c  

^a National Research Institute for Applied Mathematics   (India)

^b BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Electrohydrodynamics; Inertial fusion energy; Porous lining; Surface instability

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748878437     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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