Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability in Media of Variable Density
- 1 September 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 4 (9), 1177-1179
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1706465
Abstract
The instability of two fluids separated by a horizontal boundary and in relative horizontal motion is investigated in the case of densities varying exponentially with height. There is a striking similarity between the effects of density variation and of rotation on the onset of instability. Conditions for stability are given, and the effect of a superposed magnetic field is discussed.Keywords
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- EFFECT OF SURFACE TENSION ON THE KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY OF TWO ROTATING FLUIDSProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1961