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Instability Mechanisms

Instability Mechanisms is a theoretical construct that identifies and characterizes the fundamental processes or pathways through which small disturbances in a fluid flow amplify over time, leading to the breakdown of laminar motion and the onset of turbulence.

640

Publications

35.2K

Citations

1.6K

Authors

670

Institutions

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2017–2026

126

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Publications

640

Onset of convection in a gravitationally unstable diffusive boundary layer in porous media

A. Riaz, Marc A. Hesse, Hamdi A. Tchelepi et al. · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 2006 · 741 citations

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Rayleigh–Taylor and Richtmyer–Meshkov instability induced flow, turbulence, and mixing. I

Ye Zhou · Physics Reports · 2017 · 734 citations · Full text

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S<scp>TABILITY AND</scp> T<scp>RANSITION OF</scp> T<scp>HREE</scp>-D<scp>IMENSIONAL</scp> B<scp>OUNDARY</scp> L<scp>AYERS</scp>

William S. Saric, Helen L. Reed, Edward White · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 2002 · 654 citations

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Rayleigh–Taylor and Richtmyer–Meshkov instability induced flow, turbulence, and mixing. II

Ye Zhou · Physics Reports · 2017 · 647 citations · Full text

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Vortex stability and breakdown - Survey and extension

S. Leibovich · AIAA Journal · 1984 · 546 citations

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Authors

1.6K

  1. HF
    Hermann F. Fasel

    University of Arizona, United States

    10 publications · 478 citations

    9

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  2. VT
    Vassilios Theofilis

    Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

    6 publications · 240 citations

    6

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  3. BM
    Brian McAuliffe

    National Research Council Canada, Canada

    4 publications · 361 citations

    4

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  4. LB
    Luca Brandt

    Swedish e-Science Research Centre, Sweden

    4 publications · 349 citations

    4

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  5. MM
    Meelan M. Choudhari

    Langley Research Center, United States

    4 publications · 210 citations

    4

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1–5 of 1.6K

Institutions

670

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    24 h-index

    82 publications

    5K citations

  2. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    12 h-index

    31 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    644 citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    733 citations

  5. Langley Research Center

    Hampton, United States

    9 h-index

    23 publications

    1.4K citations

  6. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    9 h-index

    23 publications

    726 citations

  7. Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    17 publications

    1K citations

  8. Argonne National Laboratory

    Lemont, United States

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    462 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    61 publications · 4.7K citations

    37

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  2. Physics of Fluids

    39 publications · 1.9K citations

    25

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 14 publications · 969 citations

    14

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  4. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 15 publications · 773 citations

    13

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  5. Journal of Fluids and Structures

    14 publications · 453 citations

    13

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