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Hydrodynamics simulation of a single "finger" of the Rayleigh–Taylor instability. [1] Note the formation of Kelvin–Helmholtz instabilities, in the second and later snapshots shown (starting initially around the level =), as well as the formation of a "mushroom cap" at a later stage in the third and fourth frame in the sequence.
The study of hydrodynamic stability aims to find out if a given flow is stable or unstable, and if so, how these instabilities will cause the development of turbulence. [1] The foundations of hydrodynamic stability, both theoretical and experimental, were laid most notably by Helmholtz, Kelvin, Rayleigh and Reynolds during the nineteenth ...
The Plateau–Rayleigh instability is named for Joseph Plateau and Lord Rayleigh.In 1873, Plateau found experimentally that a vertically falling stream of water will break up into drops if its length is greater than about 3.13 to 3.18 times its diameter, which he noted is close to π.
Lord Rayleigh and Geoffrey Ingram Taylor: Richtmyer–Meshkov instability: Plasma physics, Astrophysics: R. D. Richtmyer and E. E. Meshkov: Roberts–Stewartson instability: Instability of rotating self-gravitating mass due to viscosity: Paul H. Roberts and Keith Stewartson: Saffman–Taylor instability: Flow in porous medium: Philip Saffman ...
This process injects hotter, lower density plasma into a colder, higher density region. It is the MHD analog of the well-known Rayleigh-Taylor instability. The Rayleigh-Taylor instability occurs at an interface in which a lower density liquid pushes against a higher density liquid in a gravitational field. In a similar model with a ...
Hydrodynamics simulation of the Rayleigh–Taylor instability [3] Unstable flow structure generated from the collision of two impinging jets. Fluid instabilities occur in liquids, gases and plasmas, and are often characterized by the shape that form; they are studied in fluid dynamics and magnetohydrodynamics. Fluid instabilities include:
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Convective instabilities facilitate delamination. The convection can simply peel away the lower crust or, in a different scenario, a Rayleigh–Taylor instability is created. Due to the instability in a local area, the base of the lithosphere breaks up into descending blobs fed by an enlarging region of thinning lithosphere.