Computations of three-dimensional Rayleigh–Taylor instability
- 1 May 1990
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids A: Fluid Dynamics
- Vol. 2 (5), 656-659
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.857717
Abstract
The fully three‐dimensional deformation of an interface between two fluids resulting from a Rayleigh–Taylor instability is studied numerically in the limit of weak stratification. The Navier–Stokes equations are solved by a finite difference method, and the interface is kept sharp by front tracking. The difference between the large‐amplitude stages of flows initiated by two‐ and three‐dimensional perturbations is discussedKeywords
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