Compressibility effects in Rayleigh–Taylor flows: influence of the stratification

S Gauthier - Physica Scripta, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The effects of a strong initial density stratification in a Rayleigh–Taylor instability for two
miscible compressible fluids is studied by means of linear stability analysis and direct …

Nonequilibrium and morphological characterizations of Kelvin–Helmholtz instability in compressible flows

YB Gan, AG Xu, GC Zhang, CD Lin, HL Lai, ZP Liu - Frontiers of Physics, 2019 - Springer
We investigate the effects of viscosity and heat conduction on the onset and growth of Kelvin–
Helmholtz instability (KHI) via an efficient discrete Boltzmann model. Technically, two …

Delineation of the flow and mixing induced by Rayleigh–Taylor instability through tracers

G Zhang, A Xu, D Zhang, Y Li, H Lai, X Hu - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Rayleigh–Taylor-instability (RTI) induced flow and mixing are of great importance in both
nature and engineering scenarios. To capture the underpinning physics, tracers are …

Analytical modeling of magnetic Rayleigh–Taylor instabilities in compressible fluids

S Liberatore, S Bouquet - Physics of Fluids, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
The magnetic Rayleigh–Taylor instability (MRTI) is investigated in the case of compressible
plasmas. The goal of this work is highlighting the influence of both the magnetic field and the …

Investigation of strong isothermal stratification effects on multi-mode compressible Rayleigh–Taylor instability

D Aslangil, ML Wong - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Rayleigh–Taylor instability, RTI, occurs at the interface separating two fluids subjected to
acceleration when the density gradient and the acceleration are in opposite directions …

Rayleigh–Taylor instability in cylindrical geometry with compressible fluids

H Yu, D Livescu - Physics of Fluids, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
A linear stability analysis of the Rayleigh–Taylor instability (RTI) between two ideal inviscid
immiscible compressible fluids in cylindrical geometry is performed. Three-dimensional (3D) …

Compressible Rayleigh–Taylor instability subject to isochoric initial background state

S Majumder, B Sharma, D Livescu, SS Girimaji - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The effect of compressibility on the single-mode Rayleigh–Taylor instability is examined
using two (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) direct numerical simulations. To isolate …

Multiple-relaxation-time discrete Boltzmann modeling of multicomponent mixture with nonequilibrium effects

C Lin, KH Luo, A Xu, Y Gan, H Lai - Physical Review E, 2021 - APS
A multiple-relaxation-time discrete Boltzmann model (DBM) is proposed for multicomponent
mixtures, where compressible, hydrodynamic, and thermodynamic nonequilibrium effects …

Effects of Prandtl number on mixing process in miscible Rayleigh‐Taylor instability: A lattice Boltzmann study

G Liu, Z Guo - International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & …, 2013 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to investigate, numerically, the effects of the Prandtl
number on the mixing process in two‐dimensional Rayleigh‐Taylor instability of …

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 …