3-DIMENSIONAL RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITY OF SPHERICAL SYSTEMS

被引:60
作者
SAKAGAMI, H [1 ]
NISHIHARA, K [1 ]
机构
[1] OSAKA UNIV, INST LASER ENGN, SUITA, OSAKA 565, JAPAN
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.432
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
A fully three-dimensional Rayleigh-Taylor instability of the pusher-fuel contact surface in a spherically stagnating system is investigated with the use of a new three-dimensional fluid code impact - 3d. Linear growth rates in the simulations agree quite well with analytical values which include spherical-geometry effects. Saturation amplitudes of the exponential growth and free-fall speed following the saturation are found to be, respectively, larger and faster than those of 2D simulations. Nonlinear bubble-spike structures are also studied in detail. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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