Nonlinear evolution of the magnetohydrodynamic Rayleigh-Taylor instability

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Stone, James M ^a   Gardiner, Thomas ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLOW FIELDS; GRAVITATION; MAGNETIC BUBBLES; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

COMPUTATIONAL DOMAIN; MAGNETIC INSTABILITY; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITY;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLOW FIELDS; GRAVITATION; MAGNETIC BUBBLES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 34848876943     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2767666     Document Type: Article

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