Kelvin-Helmholtz instability


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Kelvin–Helmholtz instability

A hydrodynamic instability where waves are set up at a surface boundary between two flows.

Kelvin-Helmholtz instability

[¦kel·vin ′helm‚hōls ‚in·stə′bil·əd·ē]
(fluid mechanics)
An instability that occurs at the interface between two fluid layers if their relative motion is sufficiently large, and eventually results in the disruption of the interface.
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Modeling Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability in Soft X-Ray Solar Jets
In the first test case [6], the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability was not observed because the density gradient was 100 times smaller.
The layer of hot gases produced in chemical reactions results in the onset of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. Hence, the CFD simulations of the flame of coaxial injectors require the use of scale-resolved turbulence models.
Numerical Simulations of the Flame of a Single Coaxial Injector
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