Reduction of Rayleigh–Taylor growth due to viscosity effects
- 1 February 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Laser and Particle Beams
- Vol. 6 (1) , 119-120
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263034600003852
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.Keywords
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