Quantitative theory of Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in three dimensions (Q1283834)

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Quantitative theory of Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in three dimensions
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    Quantitative theory of Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in three dimensions (English)
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    7 August 2000
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    A material interface between two fluids of different densities accelerated by a shock wave is unstable, which is known as Richtmyer-Meshkow instability. Previous theoretical and numerical studies of this instability primarily focused on fluids in two dimensions. In this paper, the authors study the three-dimensional case. Three main results are presented: (1) the linear analysis of Richtmyer-Meshkov instability for both reflected and reflected rarefaction waves; (2) the derivation of nonlinear perturbation solution for unstable interface between incompressible fluids; (3) a quantitative nonlinear theory of the compressible Richtmyer-Meshkov instability from early to late times.
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    interfacial instability
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    shock wave
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    Padé approximation
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    matched asymptotics
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    Richtmyer-Meshkow instability
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    linear analysis
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    nonlinear perturbation solution
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    compressible Richtmyer-Meshkov instability
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