A version of this phenomenon occurs during implosion in inertial confinement fusion causes the cold D-T fuel to mingle with the hot shell material; this version occurs when a shockwave passes through the system and is named for Richtmeyer and Meshokov.
A version of this phenomenon occurs during implosion in inertial confinement fusion causes the cold D-T fuel to mingle with the hot shell material; this version occurs when a shockwave passes through the system and is named for Richtmeyer and Meshokov. The extent of this phenomenon is proportional to the spatial wavenumber and the Atwood number. The "fingers" due to this phenomenon can be seen in the distribution of debris from the Crab pulsar, and this effect eventually leads to the formation of a "mushroom cap" pattern seen in diapirs, and eventually transitions into Kelvin-Helmholtz phenomena. It is easily observed by accelerating a glass of water downward faster than gravity, or during a nuclear explosion. FTP, name this phenomenon in which, at the interface of two immiscible fluids, the lighter fluid accelerates into the heavier one, an instability named for two scientists.
A version of this phenomenon occurs during implosion in inertial confinement fusion causes the cold D-T fuel to mingle with the hot shell material; this version occurs when a shockwave passes through the system and is named for Richtmeyer and Meshokov.
{Rayleigh-Taylor} instability (Prompt on “instability”, accept “RT instability”, accept Richtmeyer-Meskhov instability before mention, accept "shockwave" before mention)