Numerical Investigation of the Stability of a Shock-Accelerated Interface between Two Fluids
- 1 May 1972
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 15 (5) , 753-759
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1693980
Abstract
Recent experiments by Meshkov have demonstrated that a shock‐accelerated perturbed surface separating two gases of different densities is unstable for shocks traveling from the lighter gas to the heavier gas and vice versa. Using a two‐dimensional Lagrangian hydrodynamic code, the authors show qualitative agreement with Meshkov's experiments. Experiment, numerical calculations, and linear analysis are compared. Good agreement was obtained between numerical calculations and linear analysis.Keywords
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