A Mach number study of the Richtmyer–Meshkov instability in a varicose, heavy-gas curtain

DOI10.1063/1.3147929zbMath1183.76396WikidataQ59719623 ScholiaQ59719623MaRDI QIDQ5304633

C. D. Tomkins, G. C. Orlicz, Kathy P. Prestridge, B. J. Balakumar

Publication date: 18 March 2010

Published in: Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3147929

zbMATH Keywords

shock waves; Mach number; mixing; flow instability; flow visualisation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76-XX: Fluid mechanics

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