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Title: Effects of isothermal stratification strength on vorticity dynamics for single-mode compressible Rayleigh-Taylor instability

Abstract

The effects of isothermal initial stratification on the dynamics of the vorticity for single-mode Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) are examined using two-dimensional fully compressible wavelet-based direct numerical simulations. Here, the simulations model low Atwood number (A = 0.04) RTI development for four different initial stratification strengths, corresponding to Mach numbers from 0.3 (weakly stratified) to 1.2 (strongly stratified), and for three different Reynolds numbers, from 25 500 to 102 000. Here, the Mach number is based on the Atwood-independent gravity wave speed and characterizes the strength of the initial stratification. All simulations use adaptive wavelet-based mesh refinement to achieve very fine spatial resolutions at relatively low computational cost. For all stratifications, the RTI bubble and spike go through the exponential growth regime, followed by a slowing of the RTI evolution.

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  1. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
  2. Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States)
  3. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1573339
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-18-31598
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-990X; TRN: US2100161
Grant/Contract Number:  
89233218CNA000001
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Fluids
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 4; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-990X
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING

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Wieland, Scott A., Hamlington, Peter E., Reckinger, Scott J., and Livescu, Daniel. Effects of isothermal stratification strength on vorticity dynamics for single-mode compressible Rayleigh-Taylor instability. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.4.093905.
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Wieland, Scott A., Hamlington, Peter E., Reckinger, Scott J., & Livescu, Daniel. Effects of isothermal stratification strength on vorticity dynamics for single-mode compressible Rayleigh-Taylor instability. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.4.093905
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Wieland, Scott A., Hamlington, Peter E., Reckinger, Scott J., and Livescu, Daniel. Thu . "Effects of isothermal stratification strength on vorticity dynamics for single-mode compressible Rayleigh-Taylor instability". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.4.093905. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1573339.
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@article{osti_1573339,
title = {Effects of isothermal stratification strength on vorticity dynamics for single-mode compressible Rayleigh-Taylor instability},
author = {Wieland, Scott A. and Hamlington, Peter E. and Reckinger, Scott J. and Livescu, Daniel},
abstractNote = {The effects of isothermal initial stratification on the dynamics of the vorticity for single-mode Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) are examined using two-dimensional fully compressible wavelet-based direct numerical simulations. Here, the simulations model low Atwood number (A = 0.04) RTI development for four different initial stratification strengths, corresponding to Mach numbers from 0.3 (weakly stratified) to 1.2 (strongly stratified), and for three different Reynolds numbers, from 25 500 to 102 000. Here, the Mach number is based on the Atwood-independent gravity wave speed and characterizes the strength of the initial stratification. All simulations use adaptive wavelet-based mesh refinement to achieve very fine spatial resolutions at relatively low computational cost. For all stratifications, the RTI bubble and spike go through the exponential growth regime, followed by a slowing of the RTI evolution.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevFluids.4.093905},
journal = {Physical Review Fluids},
number = 9,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Thu Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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