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Calculation of Rayleigh-Taylor flows using vortex blobs

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OSTI ID:6891185

A modification of a boundary-integral method is used to study the single-scale Rayleigh-Taylor instability for arbitrary Atwood number. Smoothing the Green's function using vortex blobs suppresses singularities in the curvature and other modifications are designed to extend the calculation through several singular events. The method successfully follows the development of a single mode to states with asymptotic velocities for the bubble and spike that depend on Atwood number and are independent of the blob size. Incipient droplet formation is observed. 15 refs., 6 figs.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
6891185
Report Number(s):
UCRL-95629; CONF-870235-2; ON: DE87002551
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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