Investigation of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability with the DSMC method

A. V. Kashkovsky, A. N. Kudryavtsev, A. A. Shershnev

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Abstract

The direct simulation Monte Carlo method is used for numerical simulation at the molecular-kinetic level the development of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability between two supersonic monatomic gas flows. To induce flow instability, no artificial disturbances are introduced and the waves of instability are developing from the statistical fluctuations inherent in the DSMC method. It is shown that modeling using the DSMC method makes it possible to fully reproduce the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability pattern observed in physical experiments and continuum simulations with the rapid growth of instability waves, the formation of vortex structures, vortex interaction and their sequential merging.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHigh Energy Processes in Condensed Matter, HEPCM 2019
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the XXVI Conference on High-Energy Processes in Condensed Matter, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of S.A. Chaplygin
EditorsVasily Fomin
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9780735418653
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Jul 2019
Event26th All-Russian Conference on High Energy Processes in Condensed Matter: Dedicated to the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of S.A. Chaplygin, HEPCM 2019 - Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
Duration: 3 Apr 20195 Apr 2019

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume2125
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference26th All-Russian Conference on High Energy Processes in Condensed Matter: Dedicated to the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of S.A. Chaplygin, HEPCM 2019
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CityNovosibirsk
Period03.04.201905.04.2019

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