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RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITY

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1. Rayleigh-Taylor instability on a rectangular domain




Rayleigh-Taylor instability
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On the top : heavy fluid, on the bottom : light fluid
Reynolds = 1000, Density ratio = 7
Density Isolines Visualization
T=0 to T=3.70

2. Rayleigh-Taylor instability on the half domain with symmetric boundary conditions






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Reynolds = 1000, Density ratio = 3
Density Isolines Visualization
T=0 to T=3.50




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Reynolds = 5000, Density ratio = 3
Density Isolines Visualization
T=0 to T=3.50




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Reynolds = 20000, Density ratio = 3
Density Isolines Visualization
T=0 to T=3.50




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Reynolds = 1000, Density ratio = 19
Density Isolines Visualization
T=0 to T=3.04