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A general buoyancy–drag model for the evolution of the Rayleigh–Taylor and Richtmyer–Meshkov instabilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2004

YAIR SREBRO ,
YONI ELBAZ ,
OREN SADOT ,
LIOR ARAZI  and
DOV SHVARTS
YAIR SREBRO
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel Department of Physics, Nuclear Research Center–Negev, Israel
YONI ELBAZ
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel Department of Physics, Nuclear Research Center–Negev, Israel
OREN SADOT
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Nuclear Research Center–Negev, Israel Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
LIOR ARAZI
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
DOV SHVARTS
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel Department of Physics, Nuclear Research Center–Negev, Israel Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Abstract

The growth of a single-mode perturbation is described by a buoyancy–drag equation, which describes all instability stages (linear, nonlinear and asymptotic) at time-dependent Atwood number and acceleration profile. The evolution of a multimode spectrum of perturbations from a short wavelength random noise is described using a single characteristic wavelength. The temporal evolution of this wavelength allows the description of both the linear stage and the late time self-similar behavior. Model results are compared to full two-dimensional numerical simulations and shock-tube experiments of random perturbations, studying the various stages of the evolution. Extensions to the model for more complicated flows are suggested.

Keywords

Buoyancy–drag modelDirect numerical simulationHydrodynamic instabilityShock tube experiment

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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , July 2003 , pp. 347 - 353
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© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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