Rayleigh-Taylor instability of fluid layers

DOI10.1017/S0022112087001162zbMath0633.76044MaRDI QIDQ3771848

Gregory R. Baker, Steven A. Orszag, C. P. Verdon, Robert L. McCrory

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Rayleigh-Taylor instabilitybubble motionincompressible, inviscid fluid layersemi- infinite layer

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability (76E17) Hydrodynamic stability (76E99) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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