Taylor instability

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• Rayleigh–Taylor instability — The Rayleigh–Taylor instability, or RT instability (after Lord Rayleigh and G. I. Taylor), is an instability of an interface between two fluids of different densities, which occurs when the lighter fluid is pushing the heavier fluid. [citation… …   Wikipedia

• Instability — [ Hydrodynamics simulation of the Rayleigh–Taylor instability [Shengtai Li, Hui Li Parallel AMR Code for Compressible MHD or HD Equations (Los Alamos National Laboratory) [http://math.lanl.gov/Research/Highlights/amrmhd.shtml] ] ] Instability in… …   Wikipedia

• Taylor number — In fluid dynamics, the Taylor number is a dimensionless quantity that characterizes the importance of centrifugal forces or so called inertial forces due to rotation of a fluid about a vertical axis, relative to viscous forces. The typical… …   Wikipedia

• Taylor-Couette flow — The Taylor Couette flow consists of a viscous fluid confined in the gap between two rotating cylinders. For low angular velocities, measured by the Reynolds number Re, the flow is steady and purely azimuthal. This laminar basic state is known as… …   Wikipedia

• Instabilité de Rayleigh–Taylor — Instabilité de Rayleigh Taylor Manifestation de l instabilité de Rayleigh–Taylor dans la nébuleuse du Crabe. L’instabilité de Rayleigh–Taylor, nommée en hommage aux physiciens britanniques Lord Rayleigh et G. I. Taylor, est une instabilité de… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Richtmyer-Meshkov instability — The Richtmyer Meshkov instability (RMI) occurs when an interface between fluids of differing density is impulsively accelerated, e.g. by the passage of a shock wave. The development of the instability begins with small amplitude perturbations… …   Wikipedia

• Instabilité de Rayleigh-Taylor — Manifestation de l instabilité de Rayleigh–Taylor dans la nébuleuse du Crabe. L’instabilité de Rayleigh–Taylor, nommée en hommage aux physiciens britanniques Lord Rayleigh et G. I. Taylor, est une instabilité de l’interface séparant deux fluides… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Kelvin–Helmholtz instability — Numerical simulation of a temporal Kelvin–Helmholtz instability The Kelvin–Helmholtz instability, after Lord Kelvin and Hermann von Helmholtz, can occur when velocity shear is present within a continuous fluid, or when there is sufficient… …   Wikipedia

• Plateau-Rayleigh instability — The Plateau Rayleigh instability, often just called the Rayleigh instability , explains why and how a falling stream of fluid breaks up into smaller packets with the same volume but less surface area. It is related to the Rayleigh–Taylor… …   Wikipedia

• Geoffrey Ingram Taylor — Infobox Scientist name = Geoffrey Ingram Taylor image width = 250px caption = Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor birth date = 7 March 1886 birth place = St. John s Wood, London death date = 27 June 1975 death place = Cambridge residence = citizenship =… …   Wikipedia

• Magnetorotational instability — The magnetorotational instability or MRI is a fluid instability that arises when the angular velocity of a magnetized fluid decreases as the distance from the rotation center increases. It can also be known as the Velikhov Chandrasekhar… …   Wikipedia