Dimensionality dependence of the Rayleigh–Taylor and Richtmyer–Meshkov instability late-time scaling laws

D Oron, L Arazi, D Kartoon, A Rikanati, U Alon… - Physics of …, 2001 - pubs.aip.org
The late-time nonlinear evolution of the three-dimensional (3D) Rayleigh–Taylor (RT) and
Richtmyer–Meshkov (RM) instabilities for random initial perturbations is investigated. Using …

Nonlinear evolution of the Rayleigh–Taylor and Richtmyer–Meshkov instabilities

G Dimonte - Physics of Plasmas, 1999 - pubs.aip.org
Scaled experiments on the nonlinear Rayleigh–Taylor (RT) and Richtmyer–Meshkov (RM)
instabilities are described for two limiting conditions. First, at high Reynolds number, the …

Nonlinear evolution of multimode Rayleigh–Taylor instability in two and three dimensions

D Shvarts, U Alon, D Ofer, RL McCrory… - Physics of Plasmas, 1995 - pubs.aip.org
The nonlinear evolution of the Rayleigh–Taylor instability from multimode initial
perturbations is studied by two complementary approaches. First, a statistical‐mechanics …

Explicit expressions for the evolution of single-mode Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov instabilities at arbitrary Atwood numbers

KO Mikaelian - Physical Review E, 2003 - APS
We present explicit analytic expressions for the evolution of the bubble amplitude in
Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) and Richtmyer-Meshkov RM instabilities. These expressions are valid …

Richtmyer–Meshkov-like instabilities and early-time perturbation growth in laser targets and Z-pinch loads

AL Velikovich, JP Dahlburg, AJ Schmitt… - Physics of …, 2000 - pubs.aip.org
The classical Richtmyer–Meshkov (RM) instability develops when a planar shock wave
interacts with a corrugated interface between two different fluids. A larger family of so-called …

[HTML][HTML] A platform for studying the Rayleigh–Taylor and Richtmyer–Meshkov instabilities in a planar geometry at high energy density at the National Ignition Facility

SR Nagel, KS Raman, CM Huntington… - Physics of …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
A new experimental platform has been developed at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) for
studying the Rayleigh–Taylor (RT) and Richtmyer–Meshkov (RM) instabilities in a planar …

Effect of viscosity on Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov instabilities

KO Mikaelian - Physical Review E, 1993 - APS
We consider the effect of viscosity on Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) and Richtmyer-Meshkov (RM)
instabilities by deriving a moment equation for fluids with arbitrary density and viscosity …

Collaboration and competition between Richtmyer-Meshkov instability and Rayleigh-Taylor instability

F Chen, A Xu, G Zhang - Physics of fluids, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The two-dimensional Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability (RMI) system and the coexisting system
combined with Rayleigh-Taylor Instability (RTI) are simulated with a multiple-relaxation time …

KL turbulence model for the self-similar growth of the Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov instabilities

G Dimonte, R Tipton - Physics of Fluids, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
A turbulence model is developed to described the self-similar growth of the Rayleigh-Taylor
(RT) and Richtmyer-Meshkov (RM) instabilities. The model describes the dominant eddies in …

Simulations and model of the nonlinear Richtmyer–Meshkov instability

G Dimonte, P Ramaprabhu - Physics of Fluids, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
The nonlinear evolution of the Richtmyer–Meshkov (RM) instability is investigated using
numerical simulations with the FLASH code in two dimensions. The purpose of the …