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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] The development of a high-resolution Eulerian radiation-hydrodynamics simulation capability for laser-driven Hohlraums

BM Haines, DE Keller, KP Long, MD McKay… - Physics of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Hohlraums are hollow cylindrical cavities with high-Z material walls used to convert laser
energy into uniform x-ray radiation drives for inertial confinement fusion capsule implosions …

Time-resolved particle image velocimetry measurements of the turbulent Richtmyer–Meshkov instability

EG Sewell, KJ Ferguson, VV Krivets… - Journal of Fluid …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Experiments are presented on the Richtmyer–Meshkov instability (RMI) with a three-
dimensional, multi-mode initial perturbation. The experiments use a vertical shock tube …

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 …

Experimental study of initial condition dependence on Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in the presence of reshock

S Balasubramanian, GC Orlicz, KP Prestridge… - Physics of …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
We present an experimental study on the dependence of initial condition parameters,
namely, the amplitude δ and wavenumber κ (κ= 2π/λ, where λ is the wavelength) of …

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 …

Effects of the initial perturbations on the Rayleigh—Taylor—Kelvin—Helmholtz instability system

F Chen, A Xu, Y Zhang, Y Gan, B Liu, S Wang - Frontiers of Physics, 2022 - Springer
The effects of initial perturbations on the Rayleigh—Taylor instability (RTI), Kelvin—
Helmholtz instability (KHI), and the coupled Rayleigh—Taylor—Kelvin—Helmholtz instability …

Impact of domain size and statistical errors in simulations of homogeneous decaying turbulence and the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability

B Thornber - Physics of Fluids, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Both experiments and computations are naturally constrained by boundary conditions. In
fundamental problems such as homogeneous decaying turbulence (HDT) or shock-induced …

Three-dimensional simulation strategy to determine the effects of turbulent mixing on inertial-confinement-fusion capsule performance

BM Haines, FF Grinstein, JR Fincke - Physical Review E, 2014 - APS
In this paper, we present and justify an effective strategy for performing three-dimensional
(3D) inertial-confinement-fusion (ICF) capsule simulations. We have evaluated a frequently …