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In this paper, the coupled Rayleigh-Taylor-Kelvin-Helmholtz instability(RTI, KHI and RTKHI, respectively) system is investigated using a multiple-relaxation-time discrete Boltzmann model. Both the morphological boundary length and…

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The Rayleigh-Taylor Instability (RTI) under multi-mode perturbation in compressible flow is probed via the Discrete Boltzmann Modeling (DBM) with tracers. The distribution of tracers provides clear boundaries between light and heavy fluids…

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The present study explores the onset of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) and Kelvin-Helmholtz Rayleigh-Taylor instability (KHRTI) with highly-resolved direct numerical simulations of two setups which consider air at different…

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The Rayleigh-Taylor Instability (RTI) in compressible flow with inter-molecular interactions is probed via the Discrete Boltzmann Method (DBM). The effects of interfacial tension, viscosity and heat conduction are investigated. It is found…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-07-19 Jie Chen , Aiguo Xu , Dawei Chen , Yudong Zhang , Zhihua Chen

Instabilities in rotating detonation are concerned because of their potential influence on the stability of operation. Previous studies on instability of 2-D rotating detonation mainly cared about the one of the contact discontinuity…

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The early-time interface instabilities in high intensity (high Weber number and high Reynolds number) aero-breakup of a liquid drop are investigated by numerical simulations. A combined analysis based on simulation results and…

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We develop a weakly nonlinear, multi-mode theory for the Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) on a time-varying spherical interface, fully incorporating mode couplings and the Bell-Plesset (BP) effects arising from interface convergence. Our…

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We derive interface models for 3D Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI), making use of a novel asymptotic expansion in the non-locality of the fluid flow. These interface models are derived for the purpose of studying universal features…

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The two-dimensional Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability(RMI) system and the coexisting system combined with Rayleigh-Taylor Instability(RTI) are simulated with a multiple-relaxation time discrete Boltzmann model. It is found that, for the RMI…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-11-14 Feng Chen , Aiguo Xu , Guangcai Zhang

The effect of rotation on the classical gravity-driven Rayleigh-Taylor instability has been shown to influence the scale of the perturbations that develop at the unstable interface and consequently alter the speed of propagation of the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-08-29 M. M. Scase , R. J. A. Hill

Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) occurs at the interface of two media when the heavier fluid is accelerated into the lighter fluid and is a prototypical hydrodynamic event present in many physical events. In high energy physics, this…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-03-03 Prasannabalaji Sundaram , Aditi Sengupta , Tapan K. Sengupta

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

The effects of compressibility on Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) are investigated by inspecting the interplay between thermodynamic and hydrodynamic non-equilibrium phenomena (TNE, HNE, respectively) via a discrete Boltzmann model (DBM).…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-02-26 Huilin Lai , Aiguo Xu , Guangcai Zhang , Yanbiao Gan , Yangjun Ying , Sauro Succi

Rayleigh-Taylor-instability(RTI) induced flow and mixing are of great importance in both nature and engineering scenarios. To capture the underpinning physics, tracers are introduced to make a supplement to discrete Boltzmann simulation of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-03-24 Ge Zhang , Aiguo Xu , Dejia Zhang , Yingjun Li , Huilin Lai , Xiaomian Hu

Two-dimensional single-mode Rayleigh-Taylor Instability (RTI) is simulated using an accurate and robust front-tracking/ghost-fluid method (FT/GFM) with high-order weighted essentially non-oscillatory (WENO) scheme. We compare our numerical…

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Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) as a multi-scale, strongly nonlinear physical phenomenon which plays an important role in the engineering applications and scientific research. In this paper, the mesoscopic lattice Boltzmann method is used…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-01-14 Bin Liu , Chunhua Zhang , Qin Lou , Hong Liang

Both the dynamics and the observational properties of relativistic jets are determined by their interaction with the ambient medium. A crucial role is played by the contact discontinuity at the jet boundary, which in the presence of jet…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-25 Pavel Abolmasov , Omer Bromberg

Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) instability commonly arises in compressible systems with time-dependent acceleration in practical applications. To capture the complex dynamics of such systems, a two-component discrete Boltzmann method is developed to…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-04-08 Huilin Lai , Chuandong Lin , Hao Xu , Hailong Liu , Demei Li , Bailing Chen

The Richtmyer-Meshkov (RM) instability occurs when a perturbed interface between two fluids undergoes impulsive acceleration due to a shock wave. In this paper, a numerical investigation of the RM instability during the reshock process is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-02-25 Huilin Lai , Chuandong Lin , Demei Li , Tao Yang , Yanbiao Gan , Lingyan Lian , Aiguo Xu

Instabilities, where small fluctuations seed the formation of large-scale structures, govern dynamics in a variety of fluid systems. The Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI), present from tabletop to astronomical scales, is an iconic example…

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