Experimental study of initial condition dependence on Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in the presence of reshock
Experimental study of initial condition dependence on Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in the presence of reshock
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DOI:
10.1063/1.3693152
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发表时间:
2012-03
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
S. Balasubramanian;G. Orlicz;K. Prestridge;B. Balakumar
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作者:
S. Balasubramanian;G. Orlicz;K. Prestridge;B. Balakumar
We present an experimental study on the dependence of initial condition parameters, namely, the amplitude δ and wavenumber κ (κ = 2π/λ, where λ is the wavelength) of perturbations, on turbulence and mixing in shock-accelerated Richtmyer-Meshkov (R-M) unstable fluid layers. A single mode, membrane-free varicose heavy gas curtain (air-SF6-air) at a shock Mach number M = 1.2 was used in our experiments. The density (concentration) and velocity fields for this initial configuration were measured using planar laser -induced fluorescence (PLIF) and particle image velocimetry (PIV). In order to understand the effects of multi-mode initial conditions on shock-accelerated mixing, the evolving fluid interface formed during the incident shock (M = 1.2) was shocked again by a reflected shock wave at various times using a movable wall, thus enabling us to change both δ and κ simultaneously. A dimensionless length-scale defined as η = κδ is proposed to parametrically link the initial condition dependence to late-time m...