Universality of finger growth in two-dimensional Rayleigh–Taylor and Richtmyer–Meshkov instabilities with all density ratios

Q Zhang, W Guo - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2016 - cambridge.org
Interfacial fluid mixing driven by an external acceleration or a shock wave are common
phenomena known as Rayleigh–Taylor instability and Richtmyer–Meshkov instability …

Linear and nonlinear interactions between an interface and bulk vortices in Richtmyer–Meshkov instability

C Matsuoka, K Nishihara, F Cobos-Campos - Physics of Plasmas, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
When a planar shock hits a corrugated interface between two fluids, the Richtmyer–Meshkov
instability (RMI) occurs. Vortices are generated in bulk behind the transmitted and reflected …

Nonlinear interaction between bulk point vortices and an unstable interface with nonuniform velocity shear such as Richtmyer–Meshkov instability

C Matsuoka, K Nishihara - Physics of Plasmas, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The nonlinear interaction between bulk point vortices and a vortex sheet with initially
nonuniform velocity shear is investigated theoretically and numerically by use of the vortex …

[HTML][HTML] Vortex-sheet modeling of hydrodynamic instabilities produced by an oblique shock interacting with a perturbed interface in the HED regime

S Pellone, CA Di Stefano, AM Rasmus, CC Kuranz… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We consider hydrodynamic instabilities produced by the interaction of an oblique shock with
a perturbed material interface under high-energy-density (HED) conditions. During this …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical simulation of single-and multi-mode Rayleigh–Taylor instability with surface tension in two dimensions

S Shin, SI Sohn, W Hwang - European Journal of Mechanics-B/Fluids, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, we study the long-time evolutions of the single-and multi-mode Rayleigh–
Taylor instability with surface tension in two dimensions by using the vortex sheet model …

Vortex simulations of the Kelvin–Helmholtz instability with surface tension in density-stratified flows

S Shin, SI Sohn, W Hwang - European Journal of Mechanics-B/Fluids, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, we study long-time evolutions of the Kelvin–Helmholtz instability with surface
tension and density jump by using the vortex sheet model. Applying a spectrally accurate …

Rayleigh–Taylor instability of immiscible fluids in porous media

H Kalisch, D Mitrovic, JM Nordbotten - Continuum mechanics and …, 2016 - Springer
The time development of an interface separating two immiscible fluids of different densities
in heterogeneous two-dimensional porous media is studied. The governing equations are …

Radial Injector Mixing Effects on Detonation Zone Position in Rotating Detonation Engine

MR Washington - 2019 - digital.lib.washington.edu
Radial propellant injection in the annular combustion chamber of a rotating detonation
engine (RDE), done in a manner to promote maximum size scale of vortices, has proven to …

Direct numerical simulation of single mode three-dimensional Rayleigh-Taylor experiments

M Hutchinson - arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.07254, 2015 - arxiv.org
The single-mode Rayleigh-Taylor instability (smRTI) is well defined, poorly understood, and
applicable to many fluid flows directly and through its relationship to multi-mode Rayleigh …

Vorticity Dynamics of Hydrodynamic Instabilities Occurring at Material Interfaces: Application to High-Energy-Density Systems

S Pellone - 2021 - deepblue.lib.umich.edu
Inertia-dominated hydrodynamic instabilities at material interfaces are ubiquitous
phenomena observed in nature and man-made applications, spanning core collapse …