List of hydrodynamic instabilities named after people

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

InstabilityFieldNamed for
Benjamin–Feir instabilitySurface gravity wavesT. Brooke Benjamin and Jim E. Feir
Buneman instabilityPlasma physicsOscar Buneman
Chandrasekhar–Donnelly instabilityTaylor-Couette instability of Helium IISubrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and R.J. Donnelly
Cherenkov instabilityPlasma physicsPavel Alekseevič Čerenkov
Chromo-Weibel instabilityPlasma physicsE. S. Weibel
Crow instabilityAerodynamicsS. C. Crow
Darrieus–Landau instabilityStability of propagating flameGeorges Jean Marie Darrieus and Lev Landau
Dean instabilityStability of flow in a curved pipeWilliam Reginald Dean
D'Yakov–Kontorovich instabilityStability of a plane shockS. P. D'Yakov and V. M. Kontorovich
Faraday instabilityVibrating fluid surfacesM. Faraday
Farley–Buneman instabilityPlasma instabilityDonald T. Farley and Oscar Buneman
Görtler instabilityStability of flow along a concave boundary layerH. Görtler
Holmboe instabilityStratified shear flowsJørgen Holmboe
Jeans instabilityStability of interstellar gas cloudsJames Jeans
Kelvin–Helmholtz instabilityStability of shearing flowLord Kelvin and Hermann von Helmholtz
Kruskal–Shafranov instabilityPlasma physicsMartin David Kruskal and Vitaly Shafranov
Peratt instabilityPlasma physicsAnthony Peratt
Plateau–Rayleigh instabilityStability of jets and dropsJoseph Plateau and Lord Rayleigh
Rayleigh–Bénard instabilityNatural convection, Rayleigh–Bénard convectionLord Rayleigh and Henri Bénard
Rayleigh–Taylor instabilityInstability created by density stratificationLord Rayleigh and Geoffrey Ingram Taylor
Richtmyer–Meshkov instabilityPlasma physics, AstrophysicsR. D. Richtmyer and E. E. Meshkov
Saffman–Taylor instabilityFlow in porous mediumPhilip Saffman and Geoffrey Ingram Taylor
Taylor–Caulfield instabilityStratified shear flowsGeoffrey Ingram Taylor and Colm-cille P. Caulfield
Taylor–Couette instabilityFlow in rotating cylinderGeoffrey Ingram Taylor and Maurice Marie Alfred Couette
Tollmien–Schlichting instabilityWave instability in shearing flowsWalter Tollmien and Hermann Schlichting
Velikhov instabilityPlasma physics (non-equilibrium MHD)Evgeny Velikhov
Velikhov-Chandrasekhar instabilityStability of rotating fluid in magnetic fieldEvgeny Velikhov and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Weibel instabilityPlasma physicsE. 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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