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 …

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 …

Numerical modeling for compressible two-phase flows and application to near-field underwater explosions

VT Nguyen, TH Phan, TN Duy, WG Park - Computers & Fluids, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, an accurate shock-and interface-capturing method using curvilinear body-fitted
structured grids is introduced to simulate compressible multiphase flows with shockwaves. A …

Dynamics of gold ablation into water

NA Inogamov, VV Zhakhovskii, VA Khokhlov - Journal of Experimental and …, 2018 - Springer
Dynamics of Gold Ablation into Water ∫( Page 1 79 ISSN 1063-7761, Journal of Experimental
and Theoretical Physics, 2018, Vol. 127, No. 1, pp. 79–106. © Pleiades Publishing, Inc., 2018 …

A model for hot spot formation in shocked energetic materials

M Akiki, S Menon - Combustion and Flame, 2015 - Elsevier
Shock initiation and detonation are often attributed to wave interactions in the micro-
structure of condensed materials, which involve complex thermo-chemical, fluid and …

Experimental studies of confined detonations of plasticized high explosives in inert and reactive atmospheres

DG Farrimond, S Woolford, AD Barr… - …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
When explosives detonate in a confined space, repeated boundary reflections result in
complex shock interactions and the formation of a uniform quasi-static pressure (QSP). For …

Experimental studies of the effect of rapid afterburn on shock development of near-field explosions

A Tyas, JJ Reay, SD Fay, SD Clarke… - International …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Many conventional high explosives do not contain sufficient internal oxygen to fully combust
the gaseous products which result from detonation of the explosive material. Because of this …

Growth rate predictions of single-and multi-mode Richtmyer–Meshkov instability with reshock

S Ukai, K Balakrishnan, S Menon - Shock Waves, 2011 - Springer
The single-and multi-mode Richtmyer–Meshkov instabilities (RMI) with reshock are
numerically analyzed in two-and three-dimensional domains. Four different types of air/SF 6 …

A high-order simulation method for compressible multiphase flows with condensed-phase explosive detonation in underwater explosions

J Yu, X Zhang, JP Chen, YQ Xu - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
This study introduces an efficient method designed for the simulation of compressible
multiphase flows associated with explosive detonation, primarily in the context of underwater …

Productivity of blast-fractured wells in liquid-rich shale gas formations

B Guo, J Shan, Y Feng - Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
The explosive stimulation by blast-fracturing was first used in well stimulation with
pronounced results in the booming Pennsylvania oil field in 1865. The advent of hydraulic …