Linear perturbation response of self-similar ablative flows relevant to inertial confinement fusion

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 609, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-48

  Clarisse, J M ^a   Boudesocque Dubois, C ^a   Gauthier, S ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; COMPRESSIBILITY; HEAT CONDUCTION; STABILITY;

CHEBYSHEV SPECTRAL METHODS; COMPRESSIBILITY EFFECTS; HYDRODYNAMIC STABILITY; LINEAR PERTURBATIONS; LINEAR STABILITY PROPERTIES; NONLINEAR HEAT CONDUCTION; SIMILARITY SOLUTION; TRANSVERSE WAVENUMBER;

INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION;

ABLATION; COMPRESSIBILITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LINEARITY; PERTURBATION; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 48849098727     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008002279     Document Type: Article

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