Rayleigh–Taylor and Richtmyer–Meshkov instabilities: a journey through scales

Y Zhou, RJR Williams, P Ramaprabhu, M Groom… - Physica D: Nonlinear …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydrodynamic instabilities such as Rayleigh–Taylor (RT) and Richtmyer–Meshkov (RM)
instabilities usually appear in conjunction with the Kelvin–Helmholtz (KH) instability and are …

Study of Rayleigh-Taylor instability in viscosity-stratified fluid layers

SP Jaiswal, M Gavara - International Communications in Heat and Mass …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Rayleigh-Taylor instability in viscosity varying fluid layers is studied. A heavier
fluid layer is superimposed on a lighter fluid layer. Both the fluid layers are bounded …

Rayleigh-Taylor instability in magnetohydrodynamics with finite resistivity in a horizontal magnetic field

YB Sun, JN Gou, CY Cao, C Wang, RH Zeng - Physical Review E, 2023 - APS
Recent studies have revealed the significant influence of finite resistivity on high-energy-
density plasmas, contrary to the previous findings of Jukes [J. Fluid Mech. 16, 177 (1963) …

Combined effects of viscosity and a vertical magnetic field on Rayleigh–Taylor instability

YB Sun, JN Gou, C Wang - Physics of Plasmas, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The utilization of an external magnetic field greatly enhances the ion temperature and
neutron yield from inertial confinement fusion capsule implosions, and viscosity is important …

A unified model to study the effects of elasticity, viscosity, and magnetic fields on linear Richtmyer–Meshkov instability

YB Sun, C Wang, AR Piriz - Journal of Applied Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
A unified analytical approach to study the effects of elasticity, viscosity, and magnetic fields
on the Richtmyer–Meshkov (RM) instability by using the impulsively accelerated model is …

Rayleigh–Taylor and Richtmyer–Meshkov instabilities in the presence of an inclined magnetic field

YB Sun, JN Gou, RH Zeng - Physics of Plasmas, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
A unified and analytical model is developed to study the effects of an inclined magnetic field
on magneto-Rayleigh–Taylor (MRT) and magneto-Richtmyer–Meshkov (MRM) instabilities …

Numerical study of the effect of magnetic field on laser-driven Rayleigh–Taylor instability under multi-mode disturbance

W Sun - Sixth International Symposium on Laser Interaction …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Rayleigh Taylor instability (RTI), a fundamental physical phenomenon in fluid and plasma,
plays an essential role in astrophysics, space physics, and engineering. In this paper, the …