Three-dimensional array structures associated with Richtmyer-Meshkov and Rayleigh-Taylor instability

A boundary separating adjacent gas or liquid media is frequently unstable. Richtmyer-Meshkov and Rayleigh-Taylor instability cause the growth of intricate structures on such boundaries. All the lattice symmetries [rectangular (pmm2), square (p4mm), hexagonal (p6mm), and triangular (p3m1) lattices] which are of interest in connection with the instability of the surface of a fluid are studied for the first time. They are obtained from initial disturbances consisting of one (planar case, two-dimensional flow), two (rectangular cells), or three (hexagons and triangles) harmonic waves. It is shown that the dynamic system undergoes a transition during development from an initial, weakly disturbed state to a limiting or asymptotic stationary state (stationary point). The stability of these points (stationary states) is investigated. It is shown that the stationary states are stable toward large-scale disturbances both in the case of Richtmyer-Meshkov instability and in the case of Rayleigh-Taylor instability. It is discovered that the symmetry increases as the system evolves in certain cases. In one example the initial Richtmyer-Meshkov or Rayleigh-Taylor disturbance is a sum of two waves perpendicular to one another with equal wave numbers, but unequal amplitudes: a ₁(t=0)≠a ₂(t=0). Then, during evolution, the flow has p2 symmetry (rotation relative to the vertical axis by 180°), which goes over to p4 symmetry (rotation by 90°) at t→∞, since the amplitudes equalize in the stationary state: a ₁(t=∞)=a ₂(t=∞). It is shown that the hexagonal and triangular arrays are complementary. Upon time inversion (t→−t), “rephasing” occurs, and the bubbles of a hexagonal array transform into jets of a triangular array and vice versa. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 116, 908–939 (September 1999)     

Effects of Hall Currents and Gyroviscosity on the Stability of a Finitely Conducting Rotating Viscous Plasma of Variable Density

The Rayleigh-Taylor instability of an incompressible viscous, finitely conducting, rotating plasma of variable density has been investigated in the presence of the effects of Hall currents and finite ion Larmor radius. The proper solution for a semi-infinité plasma layer having exponentially varying density in the vertical direction has been obtained by making use of a variational principle which is shown to characterize the problem. The dispersion relation has been solved numerically. It is found that gyroviscosity, viscosity and coriolis forces have stabilizing influence whereas Hall currents and resistivity have a destabilizing influence.     

Intervals of electrohydrodynamic Rayleigh-Taylor instability: A normal periodic field producing surface charge

The intervals of electrohydrodynamic (EHD) Rayleigh-Taylor instability influenced by a periodic normal electric field producing surface charges are considered. It is shown that a linear model of the interface is governed by Hill's differential equation. Characteristic values and intervals of stability are discussed. A special case of Mathieu differential equation type is obtained.On leave of absence fromthe Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt.     

Suppression of Rayleigh-Taylor instability by gyroviscosity and sheared axial flow in imploding plasma pinches

The synergistic stabilizing effect of gyroviscosity and sheared axial flow on the Rayleigh-Taylor instability in Z-pinch implosions is studied by means of the incompressible viscid magneto-hydrodynamic equations.The gyroviscosity(or finite Larmor radius) effects are introduced in the momentum equation through an anisotropic ion stress tensor.Dispersion relation with the effect of a density discontinuity is derived.The results indicate that the short-wavelength modes of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability are easily stabilized by the gyroviscosity effects.The long wavelength modes are stabilized by the sufficient sheared axial flow.However,the synergistic effects of the finite Larmor radius and sheared axial flow can heavily mitigate the Rayleigh-Taylor instability.This synergistic effect can compress the Rayleigh-Taylor instability to a narrow wave number region.Even with a sufficient gyroviscosity and large enough flow velocity,the synergistic effect can completely suppressed the Rayleigh-Taylor instability in whole wave number region.     

高阶FD-WENO格式在数值求解Rayleigh-Taylor不稳定性问题中的应用

用高阶加权本质上无振荡有限差分格式(FD-WENO),求解重力作用下高密度比二维流体界面Rayleigh-Taylor不稳定性问题及激光烧蚀Rayleigh-Taylor不稳定性问题,均获得较为理想的数值结果.     

The Rayleigh-Taylor instability and internal waves in quantum plasmas

Influence of quantum effects on the internal waves and the Rayleigh-Taylor instability in plasma is investigated. It is shown that quantum pressure always stabilizes the RT instability. The problem is solved both in the limit of short-wavelength perturbations and exactly for density profiles with layers of exponential stratification. In the case of stable stratification, quantum pressure modifies the dispersion relation of the inertial waves. Because of the quantum effects, the internal waves may propagate in the transverse direction, which was impossible in the classical case. A specific form of pure quantum internal waves is obtained, which do not require any external gravitational field.     

可压缩与不可压缩流体中Rayleigh Taylor不稳定性的比较

 对比研究了可压缩与不可压缩流体的Rayleigh Taylor不稳定性小扰动阶段的增长速率，其中，压力是密度的任意单值函数，这个函数也即是可压缩流体的状态方程。研究表明：在相同密度分布条件下，可压缩流体的界面扰动增长速率总是比相应的不可压缩流体的界面增长率大，其相对增长率随扰动波长的增加而增大，随两种介质的声速减小而增大，在长波和易压缩流体中，相对增长率可达0.8以上。因此，在某些条件下，流体可压缩性对Rayleigh Taylor不稳定性的影响是不能忽略的。     

Nonlinear analysis of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability at the charged interface

An asymptotic solution to the problem of analyzing the nonlinear stage of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability at the uniformly charged interface between two (conducting and insulating) immiscible ideal incompressible liquids is derived in the third order of smallness. It is found that the charge expands the range of waves experiencing instability toward shorter waves and decreases the length of the wave with a maximum growth rate. It turns out that the characteristic linear scale of interface deformation, which arises when the heavy liquid flows into the light one, decreases as the charge surface density increases in proportion to the square root of the Tonks-Frenkel parameter characterizing the stability of the interface against the distributed self-charge.     

Resistive drift instability and Rayleigh-Taylor instability in a dusty plasma

The resistive drift instability and the Rayleigh-Taylor instability are studied self-consistently in a magnetized inhomogeneous dusty plasma. The effect of grain charge fluctuations is taken into consideration. It is found that the presence of the dust grains in the plasma can significantly affect the resistive drift instability but less significantly the Rayleigh-Taylor instability. Further, the grain charge fluctuation has a tendency to stabilize both instabilities.     

Dependence of shell mix on feedthrough in direct drive inertial confinement fusion

The mixing of cold, high-density shell plasma with the low-density, hot spot plasma by the Rayleigh-Taylor instability in inertial confinement fusion is experimentally shown to correlate with the calculated perturbation feedthrough from the ablation surface to the inner shell surface. A fourfold decrease in the density of shell material in the mix region of direct drive implosions of gas filled spherical plastic shells having predicted convergence ratios approximately 15 was observed when laser imprint levels were reduced and the initial shell was thicker, corresponding to a reduction in the feedthrough rms level by a factor of 6. Shell mix is also shown to limit the spherical compression of the implosion.     

Quasi-adiabatic compression of a plasma column by a longitudinal magnetic field

Approximate 1.5-dimensional MHD equations are derived that describe the quasi-adiabatic compression of a thin plasma column by a longitudinal magnetic field. The parameters of the compressed plasma are obtained analytically as functions of the initial conditions and longitudinal field. The stability of plasma compression against the Rayleigh-Taylor instability is investigated. It is shown that, in the Z-Θ-pinch geometry, increasing the longitudinal magnetic field makes it possible to achieve radial compression ratios of 20–30 without violating the cylindrical symmetry of the column. The possibility of thermonuclear ignition in a thin plasma column in a Z-Θ-pinch configuration is studied. The ranges of the initial plasma densities and temperatures and the initial lengths of the plasma column that are needed to achieve ignition in a plasma compressed by a factor of 20–30 are determined. The parameters of the electromagnetic energy source required to achieve such a high plasma compression are estimated.     

SYNERGETIC MITIGATION OF THE RAYLEIGH—TAYLOR INSTABILITY BY SHEAR AXIAL FLOWS AND FINITE LARMOR RADIUS

1　IntroductionImplodingZ pinchesemployinggaspuffs,cy lindricalfoils,andwirearraysareverycompactandefficientdevicesforcouplingelectromagneticenergyfromapulseforminglineintoadenseplas macolumn.Morerecently,aluminumwirearrayimplosionshaveproducedthehighestX raypowerof40TWonthe20TWSaturnacceleratoratSandiaNationalLaboratory[1].Thesedeviceshavepoten tialapplicationstocontrolledfusionaswellastointensesourcesofkeVX raysfornuclearweaponseffects.Unfortunately,theimplosionsarehighlysusceptibletoR…     

Rayleigh-Taylor/gravitational instability in dense magnetoplasmas

The Rayleigh-Taylor instability is investigated in a nonuniform dense quantum magnetoplasma. For this purpose, a quantum hydrodynamical model is used for the electrons whereas the ions are assumed to be cold and classical. The dispersion relation for the Rayleigh-Taylor instability becomes modified with the quantum corrections associated with the Fermi pressure law and the quantum Bohm potential force. Numerically, it is found that the quantum speed and density gradient significantly modify the growth rate of RT instability. In a dense quantum magnetoplasma case, the linear growth rate of RT instability becomes significantly higher than its classical value and the modes are found to be highly localized. The present investigation should be useful in the studies of dense astrophysical magnetoplasmas as well as in laser-produced plasmas.     

Frictional effects with neutrals and Rayleigh-Taylor instability of a compressible Hall plasma

The effect of neutral gas friction is considered on the Rayleigh-Taylor instability of a compressible plasma in the presence of Hall currents. The prevailing magnetic field is assumed to be uniform and horizontal. It is shown that the solution is characterized by a variational principle. Based on the variational principle the dispersion relation is derived for a composite plasma, confined between two horizontal planes at a finite distance, in which the density is stratified in the direction of gravity according to the exponential law. It is found that the effect of collisions with neutrals, Hall currents and compressibility of the medium have destabilizing influence as the wave number range which is stable in their absence, is rendered unstable by their presence.     

瑞利-泰勒不稳定问题的光滑粒子法模拟研究

提出了一种适用于模拟多相流的光滑粒子法,该方法对密度方程在交界面处的离散格式进行了修正以适应多相流所涉及的大密度比问题,在不同相粒子之间施加了很小的排斥力以防止粒子穿透交界面,并采用了最新发展的双曲型光滑函数以消除应力不稳定问题.应用该多相流光滑粒子法模拟研究了单模态和多模态瑞利-泰勒不稳定问题.通过与文献中结果的对比研究表明:在模拟瑞利-泰勒不稳定问题时,本文方法的结果明显优于文献中的大部分光滑粒子法模拟结果,与Grenier等(2009 J.Comput.Phys.228 8380)的结果相当,但本文方法比Grenier等的方法简单方便.对于单模态瑞利-泰勒不稳定问题,研究了交界面的形态,涡结构的演化过程以及贯穿深度随时间的变化关系.对于多模态瑞利-泰勒不稳定问题,研究了交界面演化过程中小尺度结构合并成大尺度结构的过程,水平方向的平均密度随高度的变化关系,以及贯穿深度随时间的变化关系.     

轴向剪切流对Z箍缩等离子体瑞利-泰勒不稳定性的抑制

利用理想磁流体力学模型对有轴向剪切流的Z箍缩等离子体不稳定性进行了分析。给出了可压缩模型的色散关系,分别对可压缩及不可压缩模型中轴向剪切流对Z箍缩等离子体瑞利-泰勒不稳定性的抑制作用进行了比较,讨论了可压缩性对含有轴向剪切流系统不稳定性的影响。结果表明,可压缩性能够减缓瑞利-泰勒P凯尔文-亥姆霍兹(RTPKH)模扰动的增长,因而使得轴向剪切流对系统不稳定性的抑制作用表现得更为突出。计算结果还说明,在RT不稳定性线性增长阶段,等离子体温度较低,使用可压缩模型能够更真实地描述系统的状态。     

界面张力对Rayleigh-Taylor不稳定性的影响

将具有简单速度势的Layzer模型和Zufiria模型推广至非理想流体情况, 并分别利用这两种模型研究了界面张力对Rayleigh-Taylor不稳定性的影响. 首先得到了两种模型下气泡的渐近速度和渐近曲率的解析表达式; 其次系统研究了界面张力对气泡的渐近速度和渐近曲率的影响; 最后将两种模型进行了比较, 并将气泡的渐近速度和数值模拟进行了比较. 研究表明: 界面张力压低了气泡的速度, 但对曲率没有影响; 利用简单速度势的Layzer模型所得的气泡的渐近速度比复杂速度势的Layzer模型的值小, 但是比Zufiria模型的值大; 当阿特伍德数等于1时, 简单速度势的Layzer模型和复杂速度势的Layzer模型给出的结果一致. 关键词： Rayleigh-Taylor不稳定性 界面张力 Layzer模型 Zufiria模型     

Suppression of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability due to self-radiation in a multiablation target

A scheme to suppress the Rayleigh-Taylor instability has been investigated for a direct-drive inertial fusion target. In a high-Z doped-plastic target, two ablation surfaces are formed separately-one driven by thermal radiation and the other driven by electron conduction. The growth of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability is significantly suppressed on the radiation-driven ablation surface inside the target due to the large ablation velocity and long density scale length. A significant reduction of the growth rate was observed in simulations and experiments using a brominated plastic target. A new direct-drive pellet was designed using this scheme.     

含尘气体Rayleigh-Taylor不稳定性诱导混合的多相浮阻力模型研究

文章首先采用单相浮阻力模型对不同加速度下Rayleigh-Taylor不稳定性诱发的物质渗透边界的演化过程进行了计算, 揭示了该混合在常加速度和变加速度情况下不同的发展规律, 并通过与实验结果的比较分析, 验证了该模型的适用性.在此基础上, 发展了多相浮阻力模型, 采用该模型对常加速度情况下含尘气体中的Rayleigh-Taylor不稳定性诱导混合进行了研究, 发现混合区宽度随着颗粒数密度和颗粒尺寸的增大而减小, 揭示了气体中所含杂质抑制混合发展的规律.      

Bubble motion in inclined pipes

Highly nonlinear free-surface flows in vertical, inclined, and horizontal pipes are analyzed. The problem of bubble motion in a vertical pipe is closely related to the Rayleigh-Taylor instability problem. Inclined pipe flows are intensively studied as related to gas and oil transportation. A new theory of motion of large bubbles in pipes is developed. As distinct from previous approaches, which relied on semiempirical methods or numerical fitting, analytical methods of potential theory and complex analysis are used. A careful comparison of 2D and 3D solutions is presented. It is shown that a higher dimensionality may not correspond to a higher bubble velocity. For the first time, free-surface flows in inclined pipes are analyzed by means of direct numerical simulation, which makes it possible to develop a new approach to the Rayleigh-Taylor instability problem (bubbles with wedge-and cone-shaped noses).