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 feedthrough coefficients S21 (a) and S12 (b) versus mode number l. The Atwood numbers are A1 = 0.8, A2 = −0.1, −0.5, −1.0 for S21 and A1 = 0.1, 0.5, 0.9, A2 = −0.8 for S12, respectively. The radius ratio is ζ = 1.2.