Experiments on the Rarefaction Wave Driven Rayleigh-Taylor Instability

Experiments are presented in which the diffuse interface between two gases is made Rayleigh-Taylor unstable by interaction with a rarefaction wave. The apparatus used consists of a test section where the counter-flow of light and heavy gases generates a diffuse, stably stratified interface. A tank a...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morgan, Robert Vaughn
Other Authors: Jacobs, Jeffrey W.
Language:en_US
Published: The University of Arizona. 2014
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/337302