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- Title
Mix experiments using a two-dimensional convergent shock-tube.
- Authors
D.A. HOLDER; A.V. SMITH; C.J. BARTON; D.L. YOUNGS
- Abstract
This article reports the first RichtmyerMeshkov instability experiments using an improved version of the Atomic Weapons Establishment convergent shock tube. These investigate the shock-induced turbulent mixing across the interfaces of an air/dense gas/air region. Multipoint ignition of a detonatable gas mixture produces a cylindrically convergent shock that travels into a test cell containing the dense gas region. The mixing process is imaged with shadowgraphy. Sample results are presented from an unperturbed experiment and one with a notch perturbation imposed on one of the dense gas interfaces. The unperturbed experiment shows the mixing across the dense gas boundaries and the motion of the bulk dense gas region. Imposition of the notch perturbation produces a mushroom-shaped air void penetrating the dense gas region. Three-dimensional simulations performed using the AWE TURMOIL3D code are presented and compared with the sample experimental results. A very good agreement is demonstrated. Conducting these first turbulent mixing experiments has highlighted a number of areas for future development of the convergent shock-tube facility; these are also presented.
- Subjects
SHOCK tubes; NUCLEAR weapons; TURBULENCE; MIXING; MIXTURES; GASES; INTERFACES (Physical sciences)
- Publication
Laser & Particle Beams, 2003, Vol 21, Issue 3, p403
- ISSN
0263-0346
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/s0263034603213185