Manipulation of three-dimensional Richtmyer-Meshkov instability by initial interfacial principal curvatures

B Guan, Z Zhai, T Si, X Lu, X Luo - Physics of Fluids, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
The characteristics of three-dimensional (3D) Richtmyer-Meshkov instability (RMI) in the
early stages are studied numerically. By designing 3D interfaces that initially possess …

Divergent Richtmyer–Meshkov instability on a heavy gas layer

D Zhang, J Ding, T Si, X Luo - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
Experiments on divergent Richtmyer–Meshkov (RM) instability at a heavy gas layer are
performed in a specially designed shock tube. A novel soap-film technique is extended to …

An elaborate experiment on the single-mode Richtmyer–Meshkov instability

L Liu, Y Liang, J Ding, N Liu, X Luo - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2018 - cambridge.org
High-fidelity experiments of Richtmyer–Meshkov instability on a single-mode air/interface
are carried out at weak shock conditions. The soap-film technique is extended to create …

2D single-mode Richtmyer–Meshkov instability

MG Probyn, RJR Williams, B Thornber… - Physica D: Nonlinear …, 2021 - Elsevier
We study the evolution of the single-mode Richtmyer–Meshkov instability for a wide range of
Atwood numbers, shock strengths and perturbation amplitudes using Youngs' …

[HTML][HTML] Experiments on the single-mode Richtmyer–Meshkov instability with reshock at high energy densities

SR Nagel, KS Raman, CM Huntington… - Physics of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The hydrodynamic instability growth of a reshocked single-mode interface between high
energy density fluids is studied. A laser-driven shock wave is used to drive an initially solid …

Experimental investigation of the inclined interface Richtmyer–Meshkov instability before and after reshock

J McFarland, D Reilly, S Creel, C McDonald, T Finn… - Experiments in …, 2014 - Springer
An experimental study on the Richtmyer–Meshkov instability (RMI) is presented, which used
a new experimental facility at Texas A&M University built for conducting shock-accelerated …

An experimental and numerical investigation of the dependency on the initial conditions of the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability

M Vandenboomgaerde, D Souffland, C Mariani… - Physics of …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The nonlinear evolution of 2D single-mode Richtmyer-Meshkov instabilities is investigated
through experiments in shock tube and numerical simulations. In our shock tube, the …

Numerical study of Richtmyer–Meshkov instability of light fluid layer with reshock

Y Chen, T Jin, Z Liang, L Zou - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The Richtmyer–Meshkov instability of a light fluid layer driven by reflected shock is
investigated numerically and theoretically to reveal the feature of the interfacial evolution of …

Numerical study of initial perturbation effects on Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in nonuniform flows

J Xiao, J Bai, T Wang - Physical Review E, 2016 - APS
The effects of an initial perturbation on Richtmyer-Meshkov instability are numerically
studied by simulating the process of incident shock (Ma= 1.27) impacting different groups of …

High initial amplitude and high Mach number effects on the evolution of the single-mode Richtmyer-Meshkov instability

A Rikanati, D Oron, O Sadot, D Shvarts - Physical Review E, 2003 - APS
Abstract Effects of high-Mach numbers and high initial amplitudes on the evolution of the
single-mode Richtmyer-Meshkov shock-wave induced hydrodynamic instability are studied …