Experimental study of Rayleigh–Taylor instability with a complex initial perturbation

DOI10.1063/1.3085811zbMath1183.76392OpenAlexW2012601304MaRDI QIDQ5304470

Jeffrey W. Jacobs, D. H. Olson

Publication date: 18 March 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3085811

zbMATH Keywords

Rayleigh-Taylor instabilitybubblesflow visualisationstratified flowliquid waves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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