Rayleigh-Taylor Instability in Compressible Media

Abstract

The theoretical work previously done on Rayleigh Taylor instability in compressible fluids has been reviewed in a chapter written for the Encyclopedia of Fluid Mechanics, to be published by Gulf. The physical basis of the instability, the dependence of growth rate on a adiabatic index gamma, and the stability of uniform self similar implosions and expansions are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 03, 1984
Accession Number
ADA145491

Entities

People

  • D. L. Book

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Differential Equations
  • Dispersion Relations
  • Eigenvalues
  • Eigenvectors
  • Equations
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Geometry
  • Implosions
  • Instability
  • Long Wavelengths
  • Military Research
  • Rayleigh Taylor Instability
  • Security
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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