List of hydrodynamic instabilities named after people

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This is a list of hydrodynamic and plasma instabilities named after people (eponymous instabilities).

Instability Field Person(s) Named After
Bénard instability Natural convection, Rayleigh-Bénard convection Henri Bénard
Crow instability Aerodynamics S. C. Crow
Buneman instability Plasma physics Oscar Buneman
Cherenkov instability Plasma physics Pavel Alekseevič Čerenkov
Chromo-Weibel instability Plasma physics E. S. Weibel
Darrieus-Landau instability Flame propagation G. Darrieus and Lev Landau
Kelvin–Helmholtz instability Interfacial flows Lord Kelvin and Hermann von Helmholtz
Peratt instability Plasma physics Anthony Peratt
Plateau-Rayleigh instability Stability of jets and drops Joseph Plateau and Lord Rayleigh
Rayleigh–Taylor instability Density-stratified flows, Astrophysics Lord Rayleigh and Geoffrey Ingram Taylor
Richtmyer–Meshkov instability Plasma physics, Astrophysics R. D. Richtmyer and E. E. Meshkov
Saffman-Taylor instability Flow in porous medium Philip Saffman and Geoffrey Ingram Taylor
Taylor-Couette instability Flow in rotating cylinder Geoffrey Ingram Taylor and Maurice Marie Alfred Couette
Velikhov instability Plasma physics (non-equilibrium MHD) Evgeny Velikhov
Weibel instability Plasma physics E. S. Weibel

See also

References

  • Chandrashekhar, S., Hydrodynamic and Hydromagnetic Stability, Dover Publications, New York (1981).
  • Drazin, P. G. and W. H. Reid, Hydrodynamic Stability, Cambridge Univ. Press, London (1981).


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