The behaviour of unstable surfaces: A literature review
Abstract
Literature concerning the Rayleigh-Taylor instability of the interface between two immiscible fluids of different densities is reviewed. Analytical expressions describing the growth of the instability are presented. Numerical models used to study the instability are described and their predictions are compared with experimental and analytical results. Experimental observations are also described.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- June 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984STIN...8511329F
- Keywords:
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- Liquid-Liquid Interfaces;
- Solubility;
- Surface Stability;
- Bubbles;
- Gas Viscosity;
- Interfacial Tension;
- Navier-Stokes Equation;
- Surface Waves;
- Vorticity Equations;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer