Power laws and similarity of Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov mixing fronts at all density ratios

U. Alon; J. Hecht; D. Ofer; D. Shvarts

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.534

Power laws and similarity of Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov mixing fronts at all density ratios

U. Alon, J. Hecht, D. Ofer, D. Shvarts

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The nonlinear evolution of large structure in Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov bubble and spike fronts is studied numerically and explained theoretically on the basis of single-mode and two-bubble interaction physics at Atwood numbers (A). Multimode Rayleigh-Taylor bubble (spike) fronts are found as hB=BAgt2 [hs=s(A)gt2] with B=0.05, while Richtmyer-Meshkov bubble (spike) fronts are found as hB=aBtB (hs=asts(A)) with B=0.4 at all A's. The dependence of these scaling laws and parameters on A and on initial conditions is explained.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	534-537
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	74
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.534
State	Published - 1 Jan 1995
Externally published	Yes

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