Nonlinear Development of the Rayleigh-Taylor Instability in the 'Shallow-Water' Approximation.

Abstract

The nonlinear evolution of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability in the long wavelength limit is investigated for an incompressible fluid supported against gravity (or inertial forces) by a massless fluid and bounded above by a rigid wall. Shallow water approximation permits a solution for the motion of the interface without reference to the detailed motion of fluid in the interior. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0768296

Entities

People

  • A. L. Sulton
  • D. L. Book
  • Edward Ott

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Fluids
  • Instability
  • Long Wavelengths
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Rayleigh Taylor Instability
  • Shallow Water
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics