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Old 11-23-2009, 01:54 PM
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Consider two infinitely deep layers of fluids, with the upper layer having velocity
U1 > 0
and density Rho
1, and the lower layer having velocity U2 > 0 and density Rho2. Waves with wavenumber k = g(U1 -U2)^-2 are generated on the interface by a mechanical device.
Initially at time
t = 0, the system is stable, i.e. the wave amplitude is not growing.
Suppose the density of the upper layer is being increased very gradually with time
t (measured in seconds), with

Rho1 = (0.5 + 10^-5 t)*Rho2; (1)

and Rho
2 constant. At what t do the waves begin to grow exponentially due to the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability?

I don't know how to solve this, can someone help me?


Last edited by BearN; 11-25-2009 at 01:45 PM.
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