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 …

Plasma kinetics: Discrete Boltzmann modeling and Richtmyer–Meshkov instability

J Song, A Xu, L Miao, F Chen, Z Liu, L Wang… - Physics of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, a discrete Boltzmann method (DBM) for plasma kinetics is proposed and
further used to investigate the non-equilibrium characteristics in Orszag–Tang (OT) vortex …

[HTML][HTML] Vortex dynamics and fractal structures in reactive and nonreactive Richtmyer–Meshkov instability

M Bambauer, N Chakraborty, M Klein… - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Hydrodynamic instabilities caused by shock-flame interactions are a fundamental challenge
in the accurate prediction of explosion loads in the context of nuclear and process plant …

Scaling behavior of density gradient accelerated mixing rate in shock bubble interaction

B Yu, H Liu, H Liu - Physical Review Fluids, 2021 - APS
Variable-density mixing in shock bubble interaction, a canonical flow of Richtermyer-
Meshkov instability, is studied with high-resolution simulation. While the dissipation mainly …

Refraction of a triple-shock configuration at planar fast–slow gas interfaces

E Zhang, S Liao, L Zou, Z Zhai, J Liu… - Journal of Fluid …, 2024 - cambridge.org
This paper characterizes the refraction of a triple-shock configuration at planar fast–slow gas
interfaces. The primary objective is to reveal the wave configurations and elucidate the …

Topologies of flow and combustion in shock–flame interactions

D Wang, G Dong - Shock Waves, 2022 - Springer
In shock–flame interactions, wide ranges of vortices are deposited on flame wrinkles due to
Richtmyer–Meshkov instability, and therefore, they increase the flame surface and enhance …

Influence of Density Ratios on Richtmyer–Meshkov Instability with Non-Equilibrium Effects in the Reshock Process

T Yang, C Lin, D Li, H Lai - Inventions, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Richtmyer–Meshkov instability in a two-component system during the reshock process
for various density ratios is studied through the discrete Boltzmann method. Detailed …

Effects of Reynolds number and Schmidt number on variable density mixing in shock bubble interaction

B Yu, L Li, H Xu, B Zhang, H Liu - Acta Mechanica Sinica, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Effects of Reynolds (Re) number and Schmidt (Sc) number on the flow structures
and variable density mixing are numerically investigated through the canonical shock …

On mixing enhancement by secondary baroclinic vorticity in a shock–bubble interaction

H Liu, B Yu, B Zhang, Y Xiang - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
To investigate the intrinsic mechanism for mixing enhancement by variable-density (VD)
behaviour, a canonical VD mixing extracted from a supersonic streamwise vortex protocol, a …

[HTML][HTML] Richtmyer–Meshkov instability at high Mach number: Non-Newtonian effects

U Rana, T Abadie, D Chapman, N Joiner, OK Matar - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The Richtmyer–Meshkov instability (RMI) occurs when a shock wave passes through an
interface between fluids of different densities, a phenomenon prevalent in a variety of …