Experimental and numerical investigation of the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability under re-shock conditions

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 626, Issue , 2009, Pages 449-475

  Leinov, E ^a   Malamud, G ^a,b   Elbaz, Y ^b   Levin, L A ^a,b   Ben Dor, G ^a   Shvarts, D ^a,b   Sadot, O ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; FLUID MECHANICS;

COMPETITION PROCESS; LINEAR GROWTH RATE; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; RAREFACTION WAVES; RICHTMYER MESHKOV INSTABILITY; SHOCK CONDITIONS; SHOCK STRENGTH; SYSTEMATIC STUDY;

MIXING;

AMPLITUDE; BUBBLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW STABILITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; WAVE REFLECTION;

EID: 67650882938     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009005904     Document Type: Article

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