Rayleigh-Taylor instability at spherical interfaces of incompressible fluids*

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11275031, 11475034, 11575033, 11574390, and 11274026) and the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2013CB834100 and 2013CBA01504).

Guo Hong-Yu1, 2, Wang Li-Feng2, 3, Ye Wen-Hua2, 3, †, Wu Jun-Feng2, Li Ying-Jun4, ‡, Zhang Wei-Yan2, 3
       

(color online) The normalized growth rates (a) and (b) versus mode number l. The parameters are A1 = 0.9, A2 = −0.9, and ζ = 1.2. The cylindrical results[18] are plotted together.