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We discuss the use of front tracking to simulate shock reflections and shock-accelerated interfaces. Our simulations of regular Mach reflection show enhanced resolution of the primary waves in the interaction, and our computations of the growth rate of a Richtmyer-Meshkov unstable interface are the first numerical results that are in quantitative agreement with experiments on a shocked air-SF6 interface. Previous computations of the growth rate of the instability produced values that were almost twice those found in experiments.
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Grove, J.W., Boston, B., Holmes, R.L. (1995). Front Tracking Simulations of Shock Refractions and Shock-Induced Mixing. In: Brun, R., Dumitrescu, L.Z. (eds) Shock Waves @ Marseille IV. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79532-9_35
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