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Magnetically Induced Rotating Rayleigh-Taylor Instability
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JoVE Journal Engineering
Magnetically Induced Rotating Rayleigh-Taylor Instability
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06:42 min

March 03, 2017

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Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 00:36Experimental Setup
  • 01:50Preparation of the Liquid Layers
  • 04:31Spin-up of the Stratification and Experiment Execution
  • 05:14Results: Measurements of the Effect of Rotation Rate and Viscosity on the Raleigh-Taylor Instability
  • 06:22Conclusion

Summary

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We present a protocol for preparing a two-layer density-stratified liquid that can be spun-up into solid body rotation and subsequently induced into Rayleigh-Taylor instability by applying a gradient magnetic field.

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