Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov instabilities of flat and curved interfaces

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 625, Issue , 2009, Pages 387-410

  Krechetnikov, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VELOCITY;

BOUNDARY PERTURBATIONS; CURVED INTERFACE; FRAME OF REFERENCE; GROWTH RATE EQUATIONS; INTERFACIAL CURVATURE; RICHTMYER MESHKOV INSTABILITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS; WAVE-NUMBER SELECTION;

PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

FLOW STABILITY; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID FLOW; INSTABILITY; INTERFACE;

EID: 67650882926     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009005771     Document Type: Article

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