Abstract
Richtmyer-Meshkov (RM) instability occurs when an initially perturbed interface separating two different fluids is impulsively accelerated by a shock wave. If the density gradient of the interface and the pressure gradient of the shock wave are misaligned, baroclinic vorticity will be deposited in the flow, enhancing the interpenetration and mixing between two fluids. Up till now, the RM instability has been studied experimentally, numerically and theoretically due to the extensive applications in scientific and industrial fields, such as internal confinement fusion, supernova explosion, and the mixing of fuels in the scramjet.
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Long, T., Si, T., Luo, X. (2015). Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability of a Multimode Interface Accelerated by a Toroidal Shock Wave. In: Bonazza, R., Ranjan, D. (eds) 29th International Symposium on Shock Waves 2. ISSW 2013. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16838-8_44
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