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 …

Review of experimental Richtmyer–Meshkov instability in shock tube: from simple to complex

Z Zhai, L Zou, Q Wu, X Luo - Proceedings of the Institution of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Richtmyer–Meshkov (RM) instability is regarded as a central role for understanding the
hydrodynamic processes involved in inertial confinement fusion, supersonic combustion and …

An elaborate experiment on the single-mode Richtmyer–Meshkov instability

L Liu, Y Liang, J Ding, N Liu, X Luo - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2018 - cambridge.org
High-fidelity experiments of Richtmyer–Meshkov instability on a single-mode air/interface
are carried out at weak shock conditions. The soap-film technique is extended to create …

On the interaction of a planar shock with a three-dimensional light gas cylinder

J Ding, T Si, M Chen, Z Zhai, X Lu… - Journal of Fluid …, 2017 - cambridge.org
Experimental and numerical investigations on the interaction of a planar shock wave with
two-dimensional (2-D) and three-dimensional (3-D) light gas cylinders are performed. The …

Richtmyer–Meshkov instability on a quasi-single-mode interface

Y Liang, Z Zhai, J Ding, X Luo - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2019 - cambridge.org
Experiments on Richtmyer–Meshkov instability of quasi-single-mode interfaces are
performed. Four quasi-single-mode air/interfaces with different deviations from the single …

On the interaction of a planar shock with a light polygonal interface

Z Zhai, M Wang, T Si, X Luo - Journal of fluid mechanics, 2014 - cambridge.org
The interaction of a planar shock wave with a polygonal jet'which grows constantly with time
and penetrates the downstream boundary of the interface, forming two independent vortices …

Richtmyer–Meshkov instability on two-dimensional multi-mode interfaces

Y Liang, L Liu, Z Zhai, J Ding, T Si… - Journal of Fluid …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Shock-tube experiments on eight kinds of two-dimensional multi-mode air–SF interface with
controllable initial conditions are performed to examine the dependence of perturbation …

Convergent Richtmyer–Meshkov instability of heavy gas layer with perturbed inner surface

R Sun, J Ding, Z Zhai, T Si, X Luo - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2020 - cambridge.org
The convergent Richtmyer–Meshkov instability (RMI) of an layer with a uniform outer surface
and a sinusoidal inner surface surrounded by air (generated by a novel soap film technique) …

On the interaction of a planar shock with an polygon

X Luo, M Wang, T Si, Z Zhai - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2015 - cambridge.org
The interaction of a planar shock wave (polygons are captured by a high-speed schlieren
system from which wave systems and the interface characteristics can be clearly identified …

New interface formation method for shock–interface interaction studies

J Li, Q Cao, H Wang, Z Zhai, X Luo - Experiments in Fluids, 2023 - Springer
We propose a new interface formation method for shock–interface interaction studies by
using the super-hydrophobic–oleophobic surface instead of filaments to constrain the soap …