Kelvin Helmholtz Instability

The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability is a fluid dynamics phenomena that occurs in where sections of a single fluid undergo a velocity shear, or across the interface of two immsicible fluids. The instability can be found in the ocean, clouds, or even interstellar dust clouds.

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For this simulation, two immsicible fluids were sheared past each other, causing the instability to develop. The images are colored by the density. This simulation was performed with the magneto-hydrodynamic code Athena++ and post-processed with Visit.