Abstract Rayleigh–Taylor (RT) and Richtmyer–Meshkov (RM) instabilities are well-known
pathways towards turbulent mixing layers, in many cases characterized by significant mass …

Recent studies have evoked heated debate about whether biologically generated (or
biogenic) fluid disturbances affect mixing in the ocean. Estimates of biogenic inputs have …

The turbulent Rayleigh–Taylor instability is investigated over a comprehensive range of fluid
density ratio (R) 1.3⩽ R⩽ 50 [0.15⩽ A=(R− 1)/(R+ 1)⩽ 0.96] and different acceleration …

Three‐dimensional simulation of the mixing of miscible fluids by Rayleigh–Taylor instability
is described for density ratios, ρ1/ρ2, in the range 1.5 to 20. Significant dissipation of density …

Direct numerical simulations and a self-similar analysis of the single-fluid Boussinesq
Rayleigh–Taylor instability and transition to turbulence are used to investigate Rayleigh …

Mixing produced by Rayleigh–Taylor instability at the interface between two layers is the
subject of a comparative study between laboratory and numerical experiments. The …

The Richtmyer–Meshkov instability of a two‐liquid system is investigated experimentally.
These experiments utilize a novel technique that circumvents many of the experimental …

Rayleigh–Taylor1, 2 instability the instability of an interface separating two fluids with
different densities in a gravitational field is the most fundamental of the buoyancy driven fluid …

Rayleigh-Taylor instability is investigated in the laboratory using a simple apparatus of novel
design to set up the unstable initial conditions. Visualisation techniques give a qualitative …

Two-and three-dimensional numerical simulations are performed to study interfacial waves
in a periodic domain by imposing a source term in the horizontal momentum equation …