Rotational Stabilization of Idealized Liners.
Abstract
The authors propose to investigate the stabilizing effects of rotation on the basic state of an idealized, imploding, liquid liner. Conventional Rayleigh-Taylor stability analysis predicts that a layer of fluid is unstable when the density gradient and the acceleration are antiparallel. At the inner turning point (ITP) in the absence of rotation, an imploding, liquid liner has an unstable inner surface, and a stable outer surface. Centrifugal acceleration, due to rotation, could offset the destabilization of the inner surface without destabilizing the outer one. In what follows the authors will look at the axi-symmetric basic state of a rotating, liquid liner and require it to possess a stable acceleration at the inner surface at the ITP.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1974
- Accession Number
- ADA001301
Entities
People
- A. Barcilon
- A. L. Cooper
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory