Theory and Simulation of the Rayleigh-Taylor Instability in the Large Larmor Radius Limit.

Abstract

The theory and first nonlinear simulations of the Rayleigh Taylor instability in the large ion Larmor radius limit (i.e., rho sub i/L >> 1) are presented. It is shown that in the large Larmor radius limit, the Rayleigh-Taylor instability evolves much faster and in a dramatically different manner than in the small Larmor radius limit. Keywords: Rayleigh Taylor instability; Early time structure; Large Larmor radius limit.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 29, 1987
Accession Number
ADA189277

Entities

People

  • A. B. Hassam
  • J. G. Lyon
  • Joseph D. Huba

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Counter WMD
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Department Of Defense
  • Dynamics
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Fluids
  • Instability
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Navy
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Rayleigh Taylor Instability
  • Simulations
  • Systems Engineering
  • Universities
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.