Breakup of an accelerated shell owing to Rayleigh--Taylor instability

Technical Report · Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6750686· OSTI ID:6750686

Suydam, B R

A simplified model for the Rayleigh-Taylor instability of an accelerated shell is examined, and it is found that the most dangerous wavelength to be about that of the shell thickness. The shell material is assumed to be an inviscid, incompressible fluid. Effects of finite compressibility and of surface tension are found to be negligible, but the effects of viscosity are shown to be very large. The need for better knowledge of viscosity at high pressure is pointed out.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos Scientific Lab., N.Mex. (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6750686
• Report Number(s): LA-7291-MS
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

656000* -- Condensed Matter Physics
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ACCELERATION
COMPRESSIBILITY
DIMENSIONS
FLUID FLOW
IDEAL FLOW
INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW
INSTABILITY
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
PRESSURE DEPENDENCE
RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITY
SHELLS
SURFACE PROPERTIES
SURFACE TENSION
THICKNESS
VISCOSITY