Turbulence & Instability

[HEDS4-05] On the initial linear transient phase in Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability

*Francisco Cobos¹, Mario Napieralski², Takayoshi Sano³, Chihiro Matsuoka⁴, César Huete² (1. University of Castilla-La Mancha, 2. University Carlos III of Madrid, 3. Osaka University, 4. Osaka City University)

It is shown that non-linear models should consider compressible effects happened during the linear transient phase to provide accurate predictions in later stages. An estimation of the duration of this linear transient phase is given.