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 …

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 …

Incompressible rayleigh–taylor turbulence

G Boffetta, A Mazzino - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Basic fluid equations are the main ingredient in the development of theories of Rayleigh–
Taylor buoyancy-induced instability. Turbulence arises in the late stage of the instability …

Ejecta source model based on the nonlinear Richtmyer-Meshkov instability

G Dimonte, G Terrones, FJ Cherne… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
We describe a simple algebraic model for the particulate spray that is ejected from a
shocked metal surface based on the nonlinear evolution of the Richtmyer-Meshkov …

Inhibition of turbulence in inertial-confinement-fusion hot spots by viscous dissipation

CR Weber, DS Clark, AW Cook, LE Busby, HF Robey - Physical Review E, 2014 - APS
Achieving ignition in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) requires the formation of a high-
temperature (> 10 keV) central hot spot. Turbulence has been suggested as a mechanism …

Viscous Rayleigh-Taylor instability experiments at high pressure and strain rate

HS Park, KT Lorenz, RM Cavallo, SM Pollaine… - Physical review …, 2010 - APS
Experimental results showing significant reductions from classical in the Rayleigh-Taylor
instability growth rate due to high pressure effective lattice viscosity are presented. Using a …

Simulation of single mode Rayleigh–Taylor instability by SPH method

MS Shadloo, A Zainali, M Yildiz - Computational Mechanics, 2013 - Springer
A smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) solution to the Rayleigh–Taylor instability (RTI)
problem in an incompressible viscous two-phase immiscible fluid with surface tension is …

[HTML][HTML] On shock driven jetting of liquid from non-sinusoidal surfaces into a vacuum

FJ Cherne, JE Hammerberg, MJ Andrews… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Previous work employed Richtmyer-Meshkov theory to describe the development of spikes
and bubbles from shocked sinusoidal surfaces. Here, we discuss the effects of machining …

Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in elastic-plastic media

AR Piriz, JJL Cela, NA Tahir, DHH Hoffmann - Physical Review E, 2008 - APS
An analytical model for the linear Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in solids under conditions of
high-energy density is presented, in order to describe the evolution of small perturbations at …

Strong stabilization of the Rayleigh–Taylor instability by material strength at megabar pressures

HS Park, BA Remington, RC Becker, JV Bernier… - Physics of …, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
Experimental results showing significant reductions from classical in the Rayleigh–Taylor
(RT) instability growth rate due to high pressure effective lattice viscosity in metal foils are …