Evolving Kelvin Helmholtz Instability

Animation of a growing Kelvin Helmholtz Instability

Description
Initial vorticity thickness \delta=0.01
Initial conditions: Something close to the eigenfunction of the most instable wavenumber
Richardson Number 0.1
Reynolds Number 1500
Boundary Conditions : periodic in horizontal direction
non-reflecting in vertical direction
KH.gif


Joern Sesterhenn <sester@amath.washington.edu>
Thu Apr 24 14:29:51 1997