Brouillette, Martin The Richtmyer-Meshkov instability. (English) Zbl 1047.76025 Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech. 34, 445-468 (2002). Summary: The Richtmyer-Meshkov instability arises when a shock wave interacts with an interface separating two different fluids. It combines compressible phenomena, such as shock interaction and refraction, with hydrodynamic instability, including nonlinear growth and subsequent transition to turbulence, across a wide range of Mach numbers. This review focuses on the basic physical processes underlying the onset and development of the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in simple geometries. It examines the principal theoretical results along with their experimental and numerical validation. It also discusses the different experimental approaches and techniques and how they can be used to resolve outstanding issues in this field.For the entire collection see [Zbl 0982.00031]. Cited in 98 Documents MSC: 76E99 Hydrodynamic stability 76F06 Transition to turbulence 76L05 Shock waves and blast waves in fluid mechanics 76N99 Compressible fluids and gas dynamics PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{M. Brouillette}, Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech. 34, 445--468 (2002; Zbl 1047.76025)