Nonlinear evolution of the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 612, Issue , 2008, Pages 311-338

  Herrmann, Marcus ^a   Moin, Parviz ^b   Abarzhi, Snezhana I ^c  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; FLUID MECHANICS;

COHERENT STRUCTURE; DIAGNOSTIC PARAMETER; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; INTERFACE EVOLUTION; NON-LINEAR REGIMES; NONLINEAR EVOLUTIONS; RICHTMYER MESHKOV INSTABILITY; VELOCITY OSCILLATIONS;

DYNAMICS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BUBBLE; FLOW VELOCITY; INSTABILITY; NUMERICAL METHOD;

EID: 52949105764     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008002905     Document Type: Article

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