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A 3D numerical study of the turbulent phase of the evolution of Rayleigh–Taylor instability (RTI) was undertaken using the MAH-3 code. A criterion and a technique have been developed that can be used for diagnostics in computational experiments studying flow transition to self-similar turbulence. It has been found that a criterion of the flow transition to the self-similar turbulence is Kolmogorov's self-similar distribution of the turbulent kinetic energy together with the square law of mixing zone extension. The technique is based on the analysis of the evolution of the dimensionless power spectrum of specific kinetic energy. Three phases of nonlinear mixing are found: “relict chaos”, “formation of classical energy spectrum” and “spectrum degradation.” Determination of a proportionality factor for a square law within the time range incorporating inertial interval gives the value of α ≈ 0.07.

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