A comparative study of the turbulent Rayleigh–Taylor instability using high-resolution three-dimensional numerical simulations: the Alpha-Group collaboration

G Dimonte, DL Youngs, A Dimits, S Weber… - Physics of …, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
The turbulent Rayleigh–Taylor instability is investigated in the limit of strong mode-coupling
using a variety of high-resolution, multimode, three dimensional numerical simulations (NS) …

Dependence of turbulent Rayleigh-Taylor instability on initial perturbations

G Dimonte - Physical Review E, 2004 - APS
The dependency of the self-similar Rayleigh-Taylor bubble acceleration constant α b
(≡[(amplitude)∕ 2]×(displacement)×(Atwood number)) on the initial perturbation amplitude …

The effects of forced small-wavelength, finite-bandwidth initial perturbations and miscibility on the turbulent Rayleigh–Taylor instability

MS Roberts, JW Jacobs - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2016 - cambridge.org
The effects of forced small-wavelength, finite-bandwidth initial perturbations and miscibility on
the turbulent Rayleigh–Taylo Page 1 J. Fluid Mech. (2016), vol. 787, pp. 50–83. c Cambridge …

Energy transfer in Rayleigh-Taylor instability

AW Cook, Y Zhou - Physical Review E, 2002 - APS
The spatial structure and energy budget for Rayleigh-Taylor instability are examined using
results from a 512× 512× 2040 point direct numerical simulation. The outer-scale Reynolds …

The mixing transition in Rayleigh–Taylor instability

AW Cook, W Cabot, PL Miller - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2004 - cambridge.org
A large-eddy simulation technique is described for computing Rayleigh–Taylor instability.
The method is based on high-wavenumber-preserving subgrid-scale models, combined with …

Density ratio dependence of Rayleigh–Taylor mixing for sustained and impulsive acceleration histories

G Dimonte, M Schneider - Physics of fluids, 2000 - pubs.aip.org
The turbulent Rayleigh–Taylor instability is investigated over a comprehensive range of fluid
density ratio (R) 1.3⩽ R⩽ 50 [0.15⩽ A=(R− 1)/(R+ 1)⩽ 0.96] and different acceleration …

Self-similarity and internal structure of turbulence induced by Rayleigh–Taylor instability

SB Dalziel, PF Linden, DL Youngs - Journal of fluid Mechanics, 1999 - cambridge.org
This paper describes an experimental investigation of mixing due to Rayleigh–Taylor
instability between two miscible fluids. Attention is focused on the gravitationally driven …

A numerical study of the influence of initial perturbations on the turbulent Rayleigh–Taylor instability

P Ramaprabhu, G Dimonte… - Journal of Fluid …, 2005 - cambridge.org
The effect of initial conditions on the growth rate of turbulent Rayleigh–Taylor (RT) mixing
has been studied using carefully formulated numerical simulations. A monotone integrated …

Numerical simulations of two-fluid turbulent mixing at large density ratios and applications to the Rayleigh–Taylor instability

D Livescu - … Transactions of the Royal Society A …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A tentative review is presented of various approaches for numerical simulations of two-fluid
gaseous mixtures at high density ratios, as they have been applied to the Rayleigh–Taylor …

Rayleigh–Taylor turbulence: self-similar analysis and direct numerical simulations

JR Ristorcelli, TT Clark - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2004 - cambridge.org
Direct numerical simulations and a self-similar analysis of the single-fluid Boussinesq
Rayleigh–Taylor instability and transition to turbulence are used to investigate Rayleigh …