Observation of dual-mode, Kelvin-Helmholtz instability vortex merger in a compressible flow
Abstract
Here, we report the first observations of Kelvin-Helmholtz vortices evolving from well-characterized, dual-mode initial conditions in a steady, supersonic flow. The results provide the first measurements of the instability's vortex merger rate and supplement data on the inhibition of the instability's growth rate in a compressible flow. These experimental data were obtained by sustaining a shockwave over a foam-plastic interface with a precision-machined seed perturbation. This technique produced a strong shear layer between two plasmas at high-energy-density conditions. The system was diagnosed using x-ray radiography and was well-reproduced using hydrodynamic simulations. Experimental measurements imply that we observed the anticipated vortex merger rate and growth inhibition for supersonic shear flow.
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- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); Nuclear Research Center, Negev (Israel)
- Nuclear Research Center, Negev (Israel); Ben Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Beer-Sheva (Israel)
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); Nuclear Research Center, Negev (Israel); Ben Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Beer-Sheva (Israel)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Programs (DP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1444110
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1361851
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0003527; NA0002719; NA0002956; AC52-07NA27344
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physics of Plasmas
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 24; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
Citation Formats
Wan, W. C., Malamud, Guy, Shimony, A., Di Stefano, C. A., Trantham, M. R., Klein, S. R., Shvarts, D., Drake, R. P., and Kuranz, C. C. Observation of dual-mode, Kelvin-Helmholtz instability vortex merger in a compressible flow. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4982061.
Wan, W. C., Malamud, Guy, Shimony, A., Di Stefano, C. A., Trantham, M. R., Klein, S. R., Shvarts, D., Drake, R. P., & Kuranz, C. C. Observation of dual-mode, Kelvin-Helmholtz instability vortex merger in a compressible flow. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4982061
Wan, W. C., Malamud, Guy, Shimony, A., Di Stefano, C. A., Trantham, M. R., Klein, S. R., Shvarts, D., Drake, R. P., and Kuranz, C. C. Tue .
"Observation of dual-mode, Kelvin-Helmholtz instability vortex merger in a compressible flow". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4982061. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1444110.
@article{osti_1444110,
title = {Observation of dual-mode, Kelvin-Helmholtz instability vortex merger in a compressible flow},
author = {Wan, W. C. and Malamud, Guy and Shimony, A. and Di Stefano, C. A. and Trantham, M. R. and Klein, S. R. and Shvarts, D. and Drake, R. P. and Kuranz, C. C.},
abstractNote = {Here, we report the first observations of Kelvin-Helmholtz vortices evolving from well-characterized, dual-mode initial conditions in a steady, supersonic flow. The results provide the first measurements of the instability's vortex merger rate and supplement data on the inhibition of the instability's growth rate in a compressible flow. These experimental data were obtained by sustaining a shockwave over a foam-plastic interface with a precision-machined seed perturbation. This technique produced a strong shear layer between two plasmas at high-energy-density conditions. The system was diagnosed using x-ray radiography and was well-reproduced using hydrodynamic simulations. Experimental measurements imply that we observed the anticipated vortex merger rate and growth inhibition for supersonic shear flow.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4982061},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
number = 5,
volume = 24,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 25 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Tue Apr 25 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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FIG. 1: Schematic view of the target. The lasers are incident upon the PC ablator, and generate a shockwave which propagates in the direction of the CRF foam and PAI plastic. One of several varieties of seeded interfaces, created by superimposing two predetermined sine waves, is machined into the surfacemore »
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