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Interfacial instabilities driven by co-directional rarefaction and shock waves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2024

Xing Gao ,
Xu Guo Open the ORCID record for Xu Guo [Opens in a new window] ,
Zhigang Zhai Open the ORCID record for Zhigang Zhai [Opens in a new window]  and
Xisheng Luo Open the ORCID record for Xisheng Luo [Opens in a new window]
Xing Gao
Affiliation:
Advanced Propulsion Laboratory, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, PR China
Xu Guo*
Affiliation:
Advanced Propulsion Laboratory, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, PR China
Zhigang Zhai*
Affiliation:
Advanced Propulsion Laboratory, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, PR China
Xisheng Luo
Affiliation:
Advanced Propulsion Laboratory, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, PR China State Key Laboratory of High Temperature Gas Dynamics, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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†Email addresses for correspondence: clguoxu@ustc.edu.cn, sanjing@ustc.edu.cn
†Email addresses for correspondence: clguoxu@ustc.edu.cn, sanjing@ustc.edu.cn
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Abstract

We report the first experiments on hydrodynamic instabilities of a single-mode light/heavy interface driven by co-directional rarefaction and shock waves. The experiments are conducted in a specially designed rarefaction-shock tube that enables the decoupling of interfacial instabilities caused by these co-directional waves. After the impacts of rarefaction and shock waves, the interface evolution transitions into Richtmyer–Meshkov unstable states from Rayleigh–Taylor (RT) stable states, which is different from the finding in the previous case with counter-directional rarefaction and shock waves. A scaling method is proposed, which effectively collapses the RT stable perturbation growths. An analytical theory for predicting the time-dependent acceleration and density induced by rarefaction waves is established. Based on the analytical theory, the model proposed by Mikaelian (Phys. Fluids, vol. 21, 2009, p. 024103) is revised to provide a good description of the dimensionless RT stable behaviour. Before the shock arrival, the unequal interface velocities, caused by rarefaction-induced uneven vorticity, result in a V-shape-like interface. The linear growth rate of the amplitude is insensitive to the pre-shock interface shape, and can be well predicted by the linear superposition of growth rates induced by rarefaction and shock waves. The nonlinear growth rate is higher than that of a pure single-mode case, which can be predicted by the nonlinear models (Sadot et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 80, 1998, pp. 1654–1657; Dimonte & Ramaprabhu, Phys. Fluids, vol. 22, 2010, p. 014104).

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 980 , 10 February 2024 , A20
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