Hydrodynamic Instabilities: Part 2

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Explores Kelvin-Helmholtz and Rayleigh Taylor instabilities, kinematic conditions, linearized equations, and normal mode expansion.

Explores turbulence characteristics, simulation methods, and modeling challenges, providing guidelines for choosing and validating turbulence models.

Covers vorticity conservation, diffusion, potential flow, and vortex dynamics.

Explores fluid instability through linearized equations and dispersion relation, analyzing stability based on wavenumber and frequency.

Covers deformations, rotation, and circulation in closed curves, as well as vorticity generation in fluid flow.

Explores Rayleigh Taylor instability, incompressible equations, and boundary conditions.

Covers the importance of boundary layers, viscosity effects on drag and lift.

Explores fluid friction forces, including laminar and turbulent flow, viscosity, and terminal velocity calculation.

Explores boundary layer destabilization, strain tensors, and neutral curve analysis in shear flows.

Covers fundamental hydrodynamics concepts, including two-phase flows, turbulence, and practical CFD examples.