Nonlinear evolution of the magnetohydrodynamic Rayleigh-Taylor instability

DOI10.1063/1.2767666zbMath1182.76723arXiv0707.1022OpenAlexW3106438169MaRDI QIDQ5303450

James M. Stone, Thomas A. Gardiner

Publication date: 18 March 2010

Published in: Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0707.1022

zbMATH Keywords

turbulenceRayleigh-Taylor instabilitymagnetohydrodynamicsflow separationbubblesflow simulationnumerical analysisconducting materials

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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