Cross Field Jetting of Energetic Ions Produced by Rayleigh-Taylor Instability.

Abstract

The phenomena of cross field jetting of debris following a nuclear detonation is explained by the Rayleigh-Taylor instability. The growth rate for the mode is calculated as well as thresholds for onset and wavelength. A model for this phenomena is developed and the amount of debris transported across the field lines is estimated. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 03, 1979
Accession Number
ADA078027

Entities

People

  • Konbtantinopsa Dennis Papadopoulos
  • S. H. Brecht

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Counter WMD
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Atmospheres
  • Centrifugal Force
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Corporations
  • Couplings
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Ideal Gas Law
  • Instability
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Military Research
  • Rayleigh Taylor Instability
  • Security
  • Simulations
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics