Simulations of linear and nonlinear Rayleigh-Taylor instability under high Atwood numbers
- Purdue University, West, Lafayette, Indiana 47907 (United States)
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) implosions, whether real or ideal, are subject to a variety of hydrodynamic instabilities that amplify small departures from spherical symmetry. Asymmetric implosions departing from spherical symmetry can lead to the breakup of the imploding shell or the creation of hydrodynamic turbulence. In an effort to understand the evolution of the asymmetries, perturbation ''seeds'' with both velocity and surface displacements have been introduced at the boundary of two different density media to model analytical Rayleigh-Taylor instability growth. Growth of perturbed amplitudes has been studied in linear and late-time nonlinear regimes. Simulated linear growth rates and nonlinear bubble velocities are in good agreement with theoretical values for Atwood numbers that are close to unity (relevant to ICF applications)
- OSTI ID:
- 21167473
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 406, Issue 1; Conference: 13. international conference on laser interactions and related plasma phenomena, Monterey, CA (United States), 13-18 Apr 1997; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.53533; (c) 1997 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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