Vorticity-dynamical analysis of Richtmyer-Meshkov instability based on orbital-spin vorticity decomposition

Abstract: The present study provides a detailed vorticity-dynamical analysis of shock-driven hydrodynamic physics in canonical Richtmyer-Meshkov instability (RMI) flows: shock interaction with a single-mode perturbed interface, and a cylindrical air bubble immersed in Krypton. These findings provide insights into vortical flow physics beyond the conventional vorticity paradigm, and the DVD approach holds promise for the diagnosis of practical instability-induced flows.