High-temperature hydrodynamics

We investigate the propagation of shock waves in heterogeneous and/or non-newtonian media, including interfaces separating different materials, and radiation-dominated flows. We also use direct simulations of the mass, momentum, and energy equations, as well as semi-analytical modeling techniques.

Target applications include energy sciences (high-energy-density physics, inertial confinement fusion), hypersonics.

Past and current high-temperature hydrodynamics flow projects

  • High-energy-density hydrodynamics
    • Shock compression
    • Hydrodynamic instabilities (Rayleigh-Taylor, Kelvin-Helmholtz, Richtmyer-Meshkov, Crow)
    • Vorticity and vortex ring dynamics
    • Turbulence
    • Transport and constitutive properties of materials under extreme conditions
  • Radiation-hydrodynamics
    • X-ray-generated impulse
    • Radiation diffusion waves (Marshak)
    • Thermal transport in laser-matter interaction