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Turbulent gas motions are observed in the intracluster medium (ICM). The ICM is density-stratified, with the gas density being highest at the centre of the cluster and decreasing radially outwards. As a result of this, Kolmogorov…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-12-04 Rajsekhar Mohapatra , Christoph Federrath , Prateek Sharma

The Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) instability is ubiquitously observed, yet has traditionally been studied using ideal fluid models. Collisionality can vary strongly across the fluid interface, and previous work demonstrates the necessity of kinetic…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-03-15 John Rodman , James Juno , Bhuvana Srinivasan

We investigate the linear evolution of Richtmyer-Meshkov (RM) instability in the framework of an ideal two-fluid plasma model. The two-fluid plasma equations of motion are separated into a base state and a set of linearized equations…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-03-14 Yuan Li , Abeer Bakhsh , Ravi Samtaney

Fluid instabilities like Rayleigh-Taylor,Richtmyer-Meshkov and Kelvin-Helmholtz instability can occur in a wide range of physical phenomenon from astrophysical context to Inertial Confinement Fusion(ICF).Using Layzer's potential flow model,…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Manoranjan Khan , Labakanta Mandal , Rahul Banerjee , Sourav Roy , M. R. Gupta

Nonequilibrium kinetic effects are widespread in fluid systems and might have a significant impact on the inertial confinement fusion ignition process, and the entropy production rate is a key factor in accessing the compression process. In…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-09-04 Yiming Shan , Aiguo Xu , Lifeng Wang , Yudong Zhang

We develop a novel multiscale model of interface motion for the Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) and Richtmyer-Meshkov instability (RMI) for two-dimensional, inviscid, compressible flows with vorticity, which yields a fast-running…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-01-29 Raag Ramani , Steve Shkoller

We provide numerical evidence that the Richtmyer-Meshkov (RM) instability contributes to the cooling of a relativistic fluid. Due to the presence of jet particles traveling throughout the medium, shock waves are generated in the form of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-07-29 F. Mohseni , M. Mendoza , S. Succi , H. J. Herrmann

Fluid--fluid interfacial instability and subsequent fluid mixing are ubiquitous in nature and engineering. The hydrodynamic instability of fluid interfaces has long centered on the pressure gradient-driven long-wavelength Rayleigh--Taylor…

The Rayleigh--Taylor instability (RTI) is an ubiquitous phenomenon that occurs in inertial-confinement-fusion (ICF) implosions and is recognized as an important limiting factor of ICF performance. To analytically understand the RTI dynamics…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-11-21 D. E. Ruiz

This paper investigates the influence of different broadband perturbations on the evolution of a Richtmyer--Meshkov turbulent mixing layer initiated by a Mach 1.84 shock traversing a perturbed interface separating gases with a density ratio…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-03-25 Michael Groom , Ben Thornber

When a liquid drop strikes a deep pool of a second liquid, an impact crater opens while the liquid of the drop decelerates and spreads on the surface of the crater. If the density of the drop is larger than the surrounding, the interface…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-12-21 V. Lherm , R. Deguen , T. Alboussière , M. Landeau

Theoretical and numerical analysis of the relativistic effects on the Richtmyer-Meshkov (RM) instability reveals new and potentially very useful effects. We find that, in contrast with the non- relativistic case, the growth rate of the RM…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 F. Mohseni , M. Mendoza , S. Succi , H. J. Herrmann

In inertial fusion, one of scientific issues is to reduce an implosion non-uniformity of a spherical fuel target. The implosion non-uniformity is caused by several factors, including the driver beam illumination non-uniformity, the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-05-24 T. Iinuma , T. Karino , S. Kondo , T. Kubo , H. Kato , T. Suzuki , S. Kawata , A. I. Ogoyski

We study the Richtmyer--Meshkov (RM) instability of a relativistic perfect fluid by means of high order numerical simulations with adaptive mesh refinement (AMR). The numerical scheme adopts a finite volume Weighted Essentially…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-11-04 Olindo Zanotti , Michael Dumbser

In order to understand star formation it is important to understand the dynamics of atomic and molecular clouds in the interstellar medium (ISM). Nonlinear hydrodynamic flows are a key component to the ISM. One route by which nonlinear…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-19 R. M. Hueckstaedt , J. H. Hunter , R. V. E. Lovelace

Understanding the atomic structure and energetic stability of ferrite-cementite interfaces is essential for optimizing the mechanical performance of steels, especially under extreme conditions such as those encountered in nuclear fusion…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-06-09 Pablo Canca , Chu-Chun Fu , Christophe J. Ortiz , Blanca Biel

The Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) arises at the interface between two fluids of different densities, notably when a heavier fluid lies above a lighter one in an effective gravitational field. In astrophysical systems with high…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-05 Qiqi Jiang , Guang-Xing Li , Chandra B. Singh

Fingering instabilities akin to the Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) instability in fluids have been observed in a binary granular system consisting of dense and small particles layered on top of lighter and larger particles, when the system is…

We study the growth of Richtmyer-Meshkov mixing layers from an initial surface with spatially localized perturbations. We use two symmetric forms of the initial patch, which allow simulation data to be averaged to generate a two-dimensional…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-08-09 Britton J. Olson , Robin Williams

Turbulent Richtmyer--Meshkov instability (RMI) is investigated through a series of high resolution three dimensional smulations of two initial conditions with eight independent codes. The simulations are initialised with a narrowband…