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Reduction of Rayleigh–Taylor growth due to viscosity effects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

P. Mulser
Affiliation:
Inst. Angew. Physik, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, D-6100 Darmstadt, W. Germany

Abstract

The effect of viscosity on the growth reduction of Rayleigh–Taylor modes is studied. It is shown that short wavelength perturbations are strongly damped; however the growth of the most relevant modes in fusion pellets is nearly unaffected.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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