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Growth of the single-fluid single-mode Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) is revisited in 2D and 3D using fully compressible high-resolution simulations. We conduct a systematic analysis of the effects of perturbation Reynolds number…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-02-26 Xin Bian , Hussein Aluie , Dongxiao Zhao , Huasen Zhang , Daniel Livescu

Fluid instabilities like Rayleigh-Taylor,Richtmyer-Meshkov and Kelvin-Helmholtz instability can occur in a wide range of physical phenomenon from astrophysical context to Inertial Confinement Fusion(ICF).Using Layzer's potential flow model,…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Manoranjan Khan , Labakanta Mandal , Rahul Banerjee , Sourav Roy , M. R. Gupta

We present here a survey of recent results concerning the mathematical analysis of instabilities of the interface between two incompressible, non viscous, fluids of constant density and vorticity concentrated on the interface. This…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-05-31 Claude Bardos , David Lannes

The first realization of instabilities in the shear flow between two superfluids is examined. The interface separating the A and B phases of superfluid He-3 is magnetically stabilized. With uniform rotation we create a state with…

We examine the settled particle layers of planet forming disks in which the streaming instability (SI) is thought to be either weak or inactive. A suite of low-to-moderate resolution three-dimensional simulations in a $0.2H$ sized box,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-18 Debanjan Sengupta , Orkan M. Umurhan

The Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) instability is ubiquitously observed, yet has traditionally been studied using ideal fluid models. Collisionality can vary strongly across the fluid interface, and previous work demonstrates the necessity of kinetic…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-03-15 John Rodman , James Juno , Bhuvana Srinivasan

The Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability is studied in a non-Newtonian dusty plasma with an experimentally verified model [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 98}, 145003 (2007)] of shear flow rate dependent viscosity. The shear flow profile used here is a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 D. Banerjee , S. Garai , M. S. Janaki , N. Chakrabarti

The magnetic Rayleigh-Taylor instability (MRTI) governs plasma mixing and transport in a wide range of astrophysical and laboratory systems. Owing to computational constraints, MRTI is often studied using two-dimensional (2D) simulations,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-11-03 Manohar Teja Kalluri , Andrew Hillier

We investigate the hydrodynamics of the interaction of two supersonic winds in binary systems. The collision of the winds creates two shocks separated by a contact discontinuity. The overall structure depends on the momentum flux ratio eta…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Astrid Lamberts , Sebastien Fromang , Guillaume Dubus

In rotating 3He superfluids the Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability of the AB interface has been found to follow the theoretical model above 0.4 Tc. A deviation from this dependence has been assumed possible at the lowest temperatures. Our…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-03-15 V. B. Eltsov , J. J. Hosio , M. Krusius

Turbulence generation mechanisms in stratified, rotating flows past three-dimensional (3D) topography remain underexplored, particularly in submesoscale (SMS) regimes critical to geophysical applications. Using turbulence-resolving…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-09-09 Jinyuan Liu , Pranav Puthan , Sutanu Sarkar

Context. Relativistic jets from Active Galactic Nuclei are observed to be collimated on the parsec scale. When the pressure between the jet and the ambient medium is mismatched, recollimation shocks and rarefaction shocks are formed.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-15 Xu-Fan Hu , Yosuke Mizuno , Christian M. Fromm

A numerical simulation of Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability (KHI) in parallel shear flows subjected to external rotation is carried out using a pseudo-spectral technique. The Coriolis force, arising in a rotation frame under the beta plane…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-06-11 Prince Kumar , Devendra Sharma

We investigate the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability occuring at the interface of a shear flow configuration in 2D compressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). The linear growth and the subsequent non-linear saturation of the instability are studied…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 R. Keppens , G. Toth , R. H. J. Westermann , J. P. Goedbloed

The growth rate of the non-linear ablative Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) instability is enhanced by magnetic fields self-generated by the Biermann battery mechanism; a scaling for this effect with perturbation height and wavelength is proposed and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-02-08 C. A. Walsh , D. S. Clark

The 1-D Two-Fluid Model (TFM) promises a powerful and computationally cheap platform for simulating multi-fluid flow phenomena. However, runaway Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities plagued previous approaches, necessitating aphysical…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-09-08 Alexander López-de-Bertodano , Alejandro Clausse

In the present paper, we study the evolutionary conditions for Kelvin--Helmholtz (KH) instability in a high-temperature solar surge observed in NOAA AR11271 using the Solar Dynamics Observatory data on 2011 August 25. We study the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 I. Zhelyazkov , R. Chandra , A. K. Srivastava , T. Mishonov

A common situation in galactic and intergalactic gas involves cold dense gas in motion relative to hot diffuse gas. Kelvin-Helmholtz instability creates a turbulent mixing layer and populates the intermediate-temperature phase, which often…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-20 Drummond B. Fielding , Eve C. Ostriker , Greg L. Bryan , Adam S. Jermyn

This paper considers the robustness of an uncertain nonlinear system along a finite-horizon trajectory. The uncertain system is modeled as a connection of a nonlinear system and a perturbation. The analysis relies on three ingredients.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-05 Peter Seiler , Raghu Venkataraman

This study presents three-dimensional (3D) resistive Hall-magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) dynamics at Earth's magnetospheric flanks during northward interplanetary magnetic field periods. By…

Space Physics · Physics 2024-05-24 Silvia Ferro , Matteo Faganello , Francesco Califano , Fabio Bacchini