X-ray measurements of growth rates at a gas interface accelerated by shock waves

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2496-2512

  Bonazza, R ^a,b   Sturtevant, B ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

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EID: 5244256319     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869033     Document Type: Article

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