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Comprehensive numerical methodology for direct numerical simulations of compressible Rayleigh-Taylor instability

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Comprehensive numerical methodology for direct numerical simulations of compressible Rayleigh-Taylor instability

A comprehensive numerical methodology has been developed that handles the challenges introduced by considering the compressive nature of Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) systems, which include sharp interfacial density gradients on strongly stratified background states, acoustic wave generation and removal at computational boundaries, and stratification dependent vorticity production. (9/2016)

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