Rarefaction-driven Rayleigh–Taylor instability. Part 1. Diffuse-interface linear stability measurements and theory

DOI10.1017/jfm.2016.46zbMath1383.76400OpenAlexW2278907564MaRDI QIDQ2814859

Jeffrey W. Jacobs, Robert V. Morgan, O. A. Likhachev

Publication date: 23 June 2016

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2016.46

zbMATH Keywords

gas dynamicsturbulent mixingbuoyancy-driven instability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gas dynamics (general theory) (76N15) Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25) Hydrodynamic stability (76E99)

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