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Instability of Taylor-Sedov blast waves propagating through a uniform gas

1991; American Physical Society; Volume: 66; Issue: 21 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1103/physrevlett.66.2738

1092-0145

J. Grün, J. A. Stamper, C. K. Manka, J. Resnick, R. Burris, J. Crawford, B. H. Ripin,

Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows

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.