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We study the stability of a non-rotating single-component jet using two-dimensional special relativistic hydrodynamic simulations. By assuming translational invariance along the jet axis, we exclude the destabilization effect by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Jin Matsumoto , Youhei Masada

We study the linear stability of a planar interface separating two fluids in relative motion, focusing on conditions appropriate for the boundaries of relativistic jets. The jet is magnetically dominated, whereas the ambient wind is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-10 Anthony Chow , Jordy Davelaar , Michael Rowan , Lorenzo Sironi

We have investigated magnetic field generation in velocity shears via the kinetic Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (kKHI) using a relativistic plasma jet core and stationary plasma sheath. Our three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-09-08 K. -I. Nishikawa , P. E. Hardee , I. Dutan , J. Niemiec , M. Medvedev , Y. Mizuno , A. Meli , H. Sol , B. Zhang , M. Pohl , D. H. Hartmann

This paper investigates the non-linear dynamics of horizontal shear instability in an incompressible, stratified and rotating fluid in the non-traditional $f$-plane, i.e. with the full Coriolis acceleration, using direct numerical…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-10-22 Camille Moisset , Paul Billant , Junho Park , Stéphane Mathis

As one of the cornerstones of fluid mechanics, stability analyses provide essential physical insights into the growth of perturbations and eventual transition to turbulence. However, classical \enquote{frozen-time} stability analyses…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-15 Stefan S. Nixon , Philipp P. Vieweg

Motivated by the aero-acoustic feedback loop phenomenon in high speed free jets and impinging jets, a thorough examination of a POD (Proper Orthogonal Decomposition)-Galerkin method to determine the average convection velocity of coherent…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-06-30 Tushar Sikroria , Julio Soria , Richard Sandberg , Andrew Ooi

We analyze the Drinfeld-Sokolob-Wilson system, which features a dispersive, KdV type evolution with a dispersionless conservation law. We establish well-posedness with low regularity initial data $L^2({\mathbb T})\times L^2({\mathbb T})$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-21 Ognyan Christov , Sevdzhan Hakkaev , Seungly Oh , Atanas G. Stefanov

Large-scale coherent structures are identified in turbulent pipe flow at $Re_\tau=181$ by having long lifetimes, living on large scales and travelling with a certain group velocity. A Characteristic Dynamic Mode Decomposition (CDMD) is used…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-09-28 Amir Shahirpour , Christoph Egbers , Jörn Sesterhenn

We investigate the conditions at which high-mode magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves propagating in a spinning solar macrospicule can become unstable with respect to the Kelvin--Helmholtz instability (KHI). We consider the macrospicule as a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-12 I. Zhelyazkov , R. Chandra

Paraxial propagation of a quasi-monochromatic light wave with two circular polarizations in a defocusing Kerr medium with anomalous dispersion inside a waveguide of annular cross-section was considered. In the phase-separated mode, the…

Optics · Physics 2024-11-18 Victor P. Ruban

We investigate the linear stability of a sinusoidal shear flow with an initially uniform streamwise magnetic field in the framework of incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) with finite resistivity and viscosity. This flow is known to be…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-10-19 Adrian E. Fraser , Imogen G. Cresswell , Pascale Garaud

It is well established that the magnetically structured solar atmosphere supports the propagation of MHD waves along various kind of jets including also the solar wind. It is well-known as well that under some conditions, namely high enough…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-11 I. Zhelyazkov , Z. Dimitrov , M. Bogdanova

We present the results of a series of axisymmetric time-dependent magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of the propagation of cooling, overdense jets, motivated by the properties of outflows associated with young stellar objects. A variety…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 James M. Stone , Philip E. Hardee

When a barotropic shear layer becomes unstable, it produces the well known Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KH). The non-linear manifestation of KH is usually in the form of spiral billows. However, a piecewise linear shear layer produces a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-11 Anirban Guha , Mona Rahmani , Gregory A. Lawrence

Context. Global MHD simulations show Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instabilities at the contact surface of two merging neutron stars. That region has been identified as the site of efficient amplification of magnetic fields. However, these global…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 M. Obergaulinger , M. A. Aloy , E. Müller

Temporal instabilities of a planar liquid jet are studied using direct numerical simulation (DNS) of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with level-set (LS) and volume-of-fluid (VoF) surface tracking methods. $\lambda_2$ contours are…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-05-09 Arash Zandian , William A. Sirignano , Fazle Hussain

Simulations and observations of the low-latitude magnetosphere-magnetosheath boundary layer indicate that the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) drives vortex structures that enhance plasma mixing and magnetic reconnection, influencing…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-05-06 Silvia Ferro , Fabio Bacchini , Giuseppe Arrò , Francesco Pucci , Pierre Henri

Kelvin-Helmholtz {instability induced} turbulence is one promising mechanism by which loops in the solar corona can be heated by MHD waves. In this paper we present an analytical model of the dissipation rate of {Kelvin-Helmholtz…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-20 Andrew Hillier , Tom Van Doorsselaere , Konstantinos Karampelas

The essence of shear instability is fully revealed both mathematically and physically. A general sufficient and necessary stable criterion is obtained analytically within linear context. It is the analogue of Kelvin-Arnol'd theorem, i.e.,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2008-04-15 Liang Sun

High-speed stereo PIV-measurements have been performed in a turbulent boundary layer at Re$_{\theta}$ of 9800 in order to elucidate the coherent structures. Snapshot proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) and dynamic mode decomposition (DMD)…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-04-14 Naseem Ali , Murat Tutkun , Raúl Bayoán Cal