Rayleigh–Taylor and Richtmyer–Meshkov instability induced flow, turbulence, and mixing. II

Y Zhou - Physics Reports, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Rayleigh–Taylor (RT) and Richtmyer–Meshkov (RM) instabilities are well-known
pathways towards turbulent mixing layers, in many cases characterized by significant mass …

Discrete Boltzmann modeling of Rayleigh-Taylor instability: Effects of interfacial tension, viscosity, and heat conductivity

J Chen, A Xu, D Chen, Y Zhang, Z Chen - Physical Review E, 2022 - APS
Abstract The two-dimensional Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) in compressible flow with
intermolecular interactions is probed via the discrete Boltzmann method. The effects of …

The late-time dynamics of the single-mode Rayleigh-Taylor instability

P Ramaprabhu, G Dimonte, P Woodward, C Fryer… - Physics of …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
, 1961)] instability to late times and high aspect ratios. In contrast to established potential
flow models that predict a terminal velocity and a constant Froude number at low Atwood …

Two-and three-dimensional simulations of Rayleigh–Taylor instabilities using a coupled Cahn–Hilliard/Navier–Stokes model

R Zanella, G Tegze, R Le Tellier, H Henry - Physics of fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We report on two-and three-dimensional numerical simulations of Rayleigh–Taylor
instabilities in immiscible fluids. A diffuse-interface model that combines the Cahn–Hilliard …

Direct numerical simulations of multi-mode immiscible Rayleigh-Taylor instability with high Reynolds numbers

H Liang, X Hu, X Huang, J Xu - Physics of Fluids, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, we conduct the high-resolution direct numerical simulations of multimode
immiscible Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) with a low Atwood number (A t= 0.1) using an …

Mechanism and modelling of the secondary baroclinic vorticity in the Richtmyer–Meshkov instability

N Peng, Y Yang, J Wu, Z Xiao - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - cambridge.org
We elucidate the effect of the secondary baroclinic vorticity (SBV) on the Richtmyer–
Meshkov instability (RMI) accelerated by a weak incident shock and develop a vortex-based …

Late-time description of immiscible Rayleigh–Taylor instability: A lattice Boltzmann study

H Liang, Z Xia, H Huang - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, the late-time description of immiscible Rayleigh–Taylor instability (RTI) in a
long duct is numerically investigated over a comprehensive range of the Reynolds numbers …

Single-and dual-mode Rayleigh–Taylor instability at microscopic scale

J Ding, P Sun, S Huang, X Luo - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The microscopic Rayleigh–Taylor instability (RTI) is studied via molecular dynamics (MD)
simulation for single-and dual-mode interfaces under a strong acceleration. The growth …

Lattice Boltzmann simulation of three-dimensional Rayleigh-Taylor instability

H Liang, QX Li, BC Shi, ZH Chai - Physical Review E, 2016 - APS
In this paper, the three-dimensional (3D) Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) with low Atwood
number (A t= 0.15) in a long square duct (12 W× W× W) is studied by using a multiple …

Effect of viscosity on two-dimensional single-mode Rayleigh-Taylor instability during and after the reacceleration stage

ZX Hu, YS Zhang, B Tian, Z He, L Li - Physics of Fluids, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, two-dimensional (2D) single-mode Rayleigh-Taylor instability with a low
Atwood number (A= 0.15) at different Reynolds (Re) numbers (100≤ Re≤ 10 000) is …