Three-dimensional bubbles in Rayleigh–Taylor instability

A Oparin, S Abarzhi - Physics of Fluids, 1999 - pubs.aip.org
We study the highly nonlinear stages of the Rayleigh–Taylor instability RTI for three-
dimensional flow. The proposed numerical and analytical methods are original approaches …

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) …

Compressibility effect on instability growth rates

WA Newcomb - The Physics of fluids, 1983 - pubs.aip.org
In the case of the Rayleigh‐Taylor instability, let the z axis be taken as vertical. We terminate
the system at z=±L, say, where L is large compared with the scale height of the density …

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 …

Elastic Rayleigh–Taylor and Richtmyer–Meshkov instabilities in spherical geometry

YB Sun, RH Zeng, JJ Tao - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
An exact theoretical analysis is presented, mainly concerning linearly elastic Rayleigh–
Taylor (RT) and Richtmyer–Meshkov (RM) instabilities at spherical interfaces by using the …

Explosion-driven Rayleigh-Taylor instability in gas-particle mixtures

K Balakrishnan - Physics of Fluids, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The structure and growth of an explosion-driven Rayleigh-Taylor instability in gas-particle
mixtures is investigated using two-dimensional numerical simulations. Particle concentration …

Viscous Rayleigh-Taylor instability in spherical geometry

KO Mikaelian - Physical Review E, 2016 - APS
We consider viscous fluids in spherical geometry, a lighter fluid supporting a heavier one.
Chandrasekhar [QJ Mech. Appl. Math. 8, 1 (1955)] analyzed this unstable configuration …

Recent advances in the turbulent Rayleigh–Taylor instability

G Dimonte, P Ramaprabhu, DL Youngs… - Physics of …, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
In the turbulent Rayleigh–Taylor instability, the light fluid penetrates the heavy fluid as
bubbles with a diameter D b and amplitude hb that grow self-similarly D b∝ hb∼ α b A gt 2 …

Three-dimensional Rayleigh-Taylor instability Part 1. Weakly nonlinear theory

JW Jacobs, I Catton - Journal of fluid mechanics, 1988 - cambridge.org
Three-dimensional weakly nonlinear Rayleigh-Taylor instability is analysed. The stability of
a confined inviscid liquid and an overlying gas with density much less than that of the liquid …

Compressible Rayleigh–Taylor instability

L Baker - The Physics of Fluids, 1983 - pubs.aip.org
The role of compressibility in modifying the growth rate of Rayleigh–Taylor instability is
discussed. Compressibility can either enhance or decrease the growth rate. If the sound …