A facility to produce and quantify accelerated flow mixing at high fidelity (ARC LIEF project administered by The University of Melbourne) (2022-2024)

The Rayleigh-Taylor Mixing Facility will produce data needed to advance technologies allied to the instabilities and mixing that occur when a lighter fluid is accelerated into a heavier fluid. Its design integrates a host of existing high-resolution measurement technologies, allowing for the acquisition of globally unique data sets. Expected outcomes include the missing capacity to study problems having relevance to applications in geophysics, atmospheric dynamics, thin film deposition, combustion and inertial confinement fusion. Benefit derives from preemptively capturing a world-leading capacity for technology development via theory guided generation of unique data sets that advance design and prediction in the noted applications.