Instability of Taylor-Sedov blast waves propagating through a uniform gas
- 27 May 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 66 (21) , 2738-2741
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.66.2738
Abstract
We present the first measurements of an instability in Taylor-Sedov blast waves propagating through a uniform gas. The instability occurred in a gas whose adiabatic index was low. Amplitude perturbations grew as a power of time. Our observations are compared to theory.Keywords
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