Experimental validation of a Richtmyer–Meshkov scaling law over large density ratio and shock strength ranges

DOI10.1063/1.3280364zbMath1183.76364OpenAlexW2038138182MaRDI QIDQ5304958

Jason G. Oakley, Riccardo Bonazza, Devesh Ranjan, Bradley Motl, Mark H. Anderson, Chris Weber

Publication date: 18 March 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3280364

zbMATH Keywords

shock wavescomputational fluid dynamicsflow instabilityshock tubes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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