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Rayleigh–Taylor instability of high-velocity condensed-matter liners

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A review of publications on the Rayleigh–Taylor instability arising during high-velocity implosion of liners is presented. Papers that describe experimental testing and numerical simulation of the development and suppression of this instability are also considered.

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Original Russian Text © S.F. Garanin, A.M. Buyko, V.B. Yakubov.

Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 58, No. 5, pp. 26–43, September–October, 2017.

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Garanin, S.F., Buyko, A.M. & Yakubov, V.B. Rayleigh–Taylor instability of high-velocity condensed-matter liners. J Appl Mech Tech Phy 58, 779–793 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021894417050030

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