Review of nonlinear dynamics of the unstable fluid interface: Conservation laws and group theory

Physica Scripta T

Volumn T132, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Abarzhi, Snezhana I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COHERENT DYNAMICS; CONSERVATION LAW; EMPIRICAL MODELING; FLUID INTERFACE; GROUP THEORY; GROUP THEORY ANALYSIS; INFORMATION CAPACITIES; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL DATA; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITIES; RICHTMYER-MESHKOV FLOW; THEORETICAL APPROACH; VALIDATION AND VERIFICATION;

ALGEBRA;

CHAOS THEORY;

EID: 70350650492     PISSN: 02811847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/2008/T132/014012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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