Yu. A. Kucherenko, A. V. Pavlenko, O. E. Shestachenko, S. I. Balabin, A. P. Pylaev, A. A. Tyaktev, “Measurement of spectral characteristics of the turbulent mixing zone”, Prikl. Mekh. Tekh. Fiz., 2010, Volume 51, Issue 3,Pages <nobr>3

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Measurement of spectral characteristics of the turbulent mixing zone

Yu. A. Kucherenko, A. V. Pavlenko, O. E. Shestachenko, S. I. Balabin, A. P. Pylaev, A. A. Tyaktev

Zababakhin Institute of Technical Physics, Snezhinsk, 456770, Russia

Abstract: Experiments with two pairs of gases with different densities with the initial values of the Atwood number A = 0.21 and 0.83 are performed in a multifunctional shock tube. Statistical and spectral characteristics of the mixing zone formed owing to the Richtmyer–Meshkov and Rayleigh–Taylor instability are obtained by the laser sheet technique, and the range of lengths of the main waves in the structure of this zone is determined.

Keywords: turbulent mixing of gases with different densities, shock tube, Richtmyer–Meshkov and Rayleigh–Taylor instability, laser sheet technique, heterogeneity, concentration spectrum.

UDC: 532.517.4

Received: 27.01.2009
Accepted: 27.05.2009