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This figure represents the evolution of the Rayleigh–Taylor instability from small wavelength perturbations at the interface (a) which grow into the ubiquitous mushroom shaped spikes (fluid
structures of heavy into light fluid) and bubbles (fluid structures of
light into heavy fluid) (b) and these fluid structures interact due to
bubble merging and competition (c) eventually developing into a mixing region (d). Here ρ2 represents the heavy fluid and ρ1 represents
the light fluid. Gravity is acting downward and the system is RT
unstable.
Roberts, Michael S. , Dissertation - Experiments and Simulations on the Incompressible, Rayleigh - Taylor Instability with Small Wavelength Initial Perturbations
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