Turbulent mixing induced by richtmyer-meshkov instability

V. V. Krivets, K. J. Ferguson, J. W. Jacobs

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Abstract

Richtmyer-Meshkov instability is studied in shock tube experiments with an Atwood number of 0.7. The interface is formed in a vertical shock tube using opposed gas flows, and three-dimensional random initial interface perturbations are generated by the vertical oscillation of gas column producing Faraday waves. Planar Laser Mie scattering is used for flow visualization and for measurements of the mixing process. Experimental image sequences are recorded at 6 kHz frequency and processed to obtain the time dependent variation of the integral mixing layer width. Measurements of the mixing layer width are compared with Mikaelian's [1] model in order to extract the growth exponent θ where a fairly wide range of values is found varying from θ ≈ 0.2 to 0.6.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationShock Compression of Condensed Matter - 2015
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the Conference of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter
EditorsRamon Ravelo, Thomas Sewell, Ricky Chau, Timothy Germann, Ivan I. Oleynik, Suhithi Peiris
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9780735414570
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 13 2017
Event19th Biennial American Physical Society Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, SCCM 2015 - Tampa, United States
Duration: Jun 14 2015Jun 19 2015

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1793
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Other

Other19th Biennial American Physical Society Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, SCCM 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityTampa
Period6/14/156/19/15

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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