Rayleigh–Taylor instability in a finite cylinder: linear stability analysis and long-time fingering solutions

DOI10.1017/jfm.2013.492zbMath1294.76142OpenAlexW1968146709MaRDI QIDQ2878455

H. Sweeney, R. R. Kerswell, Tom Mullin

Publication date: 29 August 2014

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2013.492

zbMATH Keywords

fingering instabilitybuoyancy-driven instabilitylow-Reynolds-number flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability (76E17)

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