A Model for Rayleigh--Taylor Mixing and Interface Turnover

DOI10.1137/16M1083463MaRDI QIDQ5737752zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors Rafael Granero-Belinchón, Steve Shkoller

Publication date 30 May 2017

Published in Multiscale Modeling & Simulation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.04259

zbMATH Keywords

mixingRayleigh-Taylor instabilityinterface motioninterface growth ratesKelvin--Helmholtz

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability in context of PDEs (35B35) PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability (76E17) Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25)

Abstract: We first develop a new mathematical model for two-fluid interface motion, subjected to the Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) instability in two-dimensional fluid flow, which in its simplest form, is given by $h_{tt}(alpha,t)=Ag,Lambdah-fracsigmah{o}^{+}+h{o}^{-}Lambd{a}^{3}h-Apartia{l}_{a}lpha(H{h}_t{h}_t)$, where $Lambda=Hpartia{l}_{a}lpha$ and $H$ denotes the Hilbert transform. In this so-called $h$-model, $A$ is the Atwood number, $g$ is the acceleration, $sigma$ is surface tension, and $h{o}^{p}m$ denotes the densities of the two fluids. Under a certain stability condition, we prove that this so-called $h$-model is both locally and globally well-posed. Numerical simulations of the $h$-model show that the interface can quickly grow due to nonlinearity, and then stabilize when the lighter fluid is on top of the heavier fluid and acceleration is directed downward. In the unstable case of a heavier fluid being supported by the lighter fluid, we find good agreement for the growth of the mixing layer with experimental data in the "rocket rig" experiment of Read of Youngs. We then derive an RT interface model with a general parameterization $z(alpha,t)$ such that $$. This more general RT $z$-model allows for interface turn-over. Numerical simulations of the $z$-model show an even better agreement with the predicted mixing layer growth for the "rocket rig" experiment.

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