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Fully nonlinear evolution of a cylindrical vortex sheet in incompressible Richtmyer-Meshkov instability
Chihiro Matsuoka1, Katsunobu Nishihara
1Department of Physics, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan.
Abstract:
Fully nonlinear motion of a circular interface in incompressible Richtmyer-Meshkov instability is investigated by treating it as a nonuniform vortex sheet between two different fluids. There are many features in cylindrical geometry such as the existence of two independent spatial scales, radius and wavelength, and the ingoing and outgoing growth of bubbles and spikes. Geometrical complexities lead to the results that nonlinear dynamics of the vortex sheet is determined from the inward and outward motion rather than bubbles and spikes, and that the nonlinear growth strongly depends on mode number.
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