Experimental investigation of the compressible Richtmyer-Meshkov instability from a broad-spectrum, multimode initial perturbation
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OSTI ID:289274
Experiments have been conducted using the Nova laser system to investigate the growth of the Richtmyer-Meshkov (RM) instability resuling from a strong shock wave (M{approximately}30) crossing a prescribed well-defined initial multimode perturbation. The perturbation was a 100 mode superposition of 1 {micro}m amplitude sine waves with randomly generated phases between 0 and 2{pi}. The two working fluids were fluidized brominated plastic and carbon resorcinol foam, giving a post-shock Atwood number of approximately 0.6. The present experimental results give a power-law coefficient of 0.87 {+-} 0.2 for the growth of the interface. This value is higher than results previously published.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 289274
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC--125444; CONF-970657--; ON: DE98050919
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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