Accession Number:

AD0768296

Title:

Nonlinear Development of the Rayleigh-Taylor Instability in the 'Shallow-Water' Approximation.

Descriptive Note:

Interim rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Book,D. L.
• Ott,Edward
• Sulton,A. L.

Report Date:

1973-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

20.0

Abstract:

The nonlinear evolution of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability in the long wavelength limit is investigated for an incompressible fluid supported against gravity or inertial forces by a massless fluid and bounded above by a rigid wall. Shallow water approximation permits a solution for the motion of the interface without reference to the detailed motion of fluid in the interior. Modified author abstract

Descriptors:

• (*FLUID FLOW
• STABILITY)
• (*SHALLOW WATER
• THEORY)
• GAS FLOW
• WATER
• EQUATIONS OF MOTION
• NONLINEAR SYSTEMS
• INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW
• NUMERICAL METHODS AND PROCEDURES
• PROBLEM SOLVING

Subject Categories:

• Fluid Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE