The Rayleigh-Taylor condition for the evolution of irrotational fluid interfaces

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 27, 2009, Pages 10955-10959

  Cordoba, Antonio ^a   Cordoba, Diego ^b   Gancedo, Francisco ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MATEMÁTICAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Euler; Hele Shaw Muskat; Incompressible; Well possedness

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; GRAVITY; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYLEIGH TAYLOR CONDITION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 67650500731     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809874106     Document Type: Article

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