Kelvin-Helmholtz instability
- The upper low-density fluid (blue) flows from left to right and lower high-density fluid (red) flows right to left. Each flow is uniform vertically.
- The horizontal boundary condition is cyclic.
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- See also result of laboratory experiment presented by Atmosphere and Ocean in a Laboratory.
- Source code
References
- Chandrasekhar, S., 1961 : Hydrodynamic and Hdromagnetic stability. Oxford University Press.
- GFD-online (S. Sakai, I, Iizawa, E. Aramaki), 1997: Atmosphere and Ocean in a Laboratory: Hokusai http://www.gfd-dennou.org/arch/gfd_exp/exp_e/doc/kh/guide01.htm