Turbulence theories and statistical closure approaches

Y Zhou - Physics Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
When discussing research in physics and in science more generally, it is common to ascribe
equal importance to the three components of the scientific trinity: theoretical, experimental …

[HTML][HTML] Turbulent mixing and transition criteria of flows induced by hydrodynamic instabilities

Y Zhou, TT Clark, DS Clark, S Gail Glendinning… - Physics of …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
In diverse areas of science and technology, including inertial confinement fusion (ICF),
astrophysics, geophysics, and engineering processes, turbulent mixing induced by …

Turbulence with large thermal and compositional density variations

D Livescu - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Density variations in fluid flows can arise due to acoustic or thermal fluctuations,
compositional changes during mixing of fluids with different molar masses, or phase …

The transition to turbulence in shock-driven mixing: effects of Mach number and initial conditions

M Mohaghar, J Carter, G Pathikonda… - journal of fluid …, 2019 - cambridge.org
The effects of incident shock strength on the mixing transition in the Richtmyer–Meshkov
instability (RMI) are experimentally investigated using simultaneous density–velocity …

[HTML][HTML] Self-similar Reynolds-averaged mechanical–scalar turbulence models for Rayleigh–Taylor, Richtmyer–Meshkov, and Kelvin–Helmholtz instability-induced …

O Schilling - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Analytical self-similar solutions to two-, three-, and four-equation Reynolds-averaged
mechanical–scalar turbulence models describing incompressible turbulent Rayleigh–Taylor …

Scaling law of structure function of Richtmyer–Meshkov turbulence

Z Zhou, J Ding, W Cheng, X Luo - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
The scaling law of the structure function of Richtmyer–Meshkov (RM) turbulence is
investigated both numerically and theoretically. High-fidelity simulations with a minimum …

The influence of initial perturbation power spectra on the growth of a turbulent mixing layer induced by Richtmyer–Meshkov instability

M Groom, B Thornber - Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the influence of different broadband perturbations on the evolution of
a Richtmyer–Meshkov turbulent mixing layer initiated by a Mach 1.84 shock traversing a …

High-resolution Navier-Stokes simulations of Richtmyer-Meshkov instability with reshock

ML Wong, D Livescu, SK Lele - Physical Review Fluids, 2019 - APS
The interaction of a Mach-1.45 shock wave with a perturbed planar interface between sulfur
hexafluoride and air is studied through high-resolution two-dimensional (2D) and three …

Analysis of second moments and their budgets for Richtmyer-Meshkov instability and variable-density turbulence induced by reshock

ML Wong, JR Baltzer, D Livescu, SK Lele - Physical Review Fluids, 2022 - APS
Nonlinear Richtmyer-Meshkov instability and the mixing transition induced by a Mach 1.45
shock and subsequent reshock at an interface between two ideal gases (sulfur hexafluoride …

The influence of the shock-to-reshock time on the Richtmyer–Meshkov instability in reshock

K Ferguson, JW Jacobs - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - cambridge.org
Experiments on the Richtmyer–Meshkov instability (RMI) in a dual driver vertical shock tube
(DDVST) are described. An initially planar, stably stratified membraneless interface is …