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Rayleigh–Taylor instability
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Rayleigh–Taylor instability
The
Rayleigh–Taylor instability
, or
RT instability
(after
Lord Rayleigh
and
G. I. Taylor
), is an
instability
of an
interface
between two
fluids
of different
densities
which occurs when the lighter fluid is pushing the heavier fluid. Examples include the behavior of water suspended above oil in the
gravity of Earth
,
mushroom clouds
like those from
volcanic eruptions
and atmospheric
nuclear explosions
,
supernova
explosions in which expanding core gas is accelerated into denser shell gas, and instabilities in plasma fusion reactors.
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