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Rayleigh-Taylor instability: a standalone construct

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Fluid dynamics

growth of fingers at the interface when a heavy fluid sits on or is accelerated into a lighter one.

In fluid dynamics, Rayleigh-Taylor instability refers to growth of fingers at the interface when a heavy fluid sits on or is accelerated into a lighter one. This meaning comes from Taylor (1950) in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences.[1]

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References

Taylor, G. I. (1950). The instability of liquid surfaces when accelerated in a direction perpendicular to their planes. I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 201(1065), 192-196. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1950.0052

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