Viscous effects on the Rayleigh-Taylor instability, 1969

Item — Call Number: MU Thesis Com

Identifier: b2088193

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth College graduate Physics program. The holdings are bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Science degree.

Dates

Creation: 1969

Creator

Compton, Leonard M. (Author, Person)
Barnes, Derek A. (Thesis advisor, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use. Access is by appointment only.

Access to the collection is confined to the Monmouth University Library and is subject to patron policies approved by the Monmouth University Library.

Collection holdings may not be borrowed through interlibrary loan.

Research appointments are scheduled by the Monmouth University Library Archives Collections Manager (723-923-4526). A minimum of three days advance notice is required to arrange a research appointment for access to the collection.

Patrons must complete a Researcher Registration Form and provide appropriate identification to gain access to the collection holdings. Copies of these documents will be kept on file at the Monmouth University Library.

Extent

1 Items (print book) : 46 pages ; 8.5 x 11.0 inches (28 cm).

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The gravitational instabilities of a system consisting of two homogenous fluids in concentric cylindrical configuration (theta-pinch), in the presence of a uniform axial magnetic field, are investigated. The fluids are assumed to be incompressible, and viscous, with infinite conductivity. The dispersion relation is developed by two methods. In the first, an exact determination is made based upon the time development of an infinitesimal disturbance of the equilibrium conditions. In the second, it is shown that it is possible to use a variational calculation regadless of whether the system is self-adjoint.