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Fluid Motion at a Carnival

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The Rayleigh Taylor Instabilities

Astrophysicists focus on the temperature and density of different parts of a fluid. Convection can lead to some instabilities, which are named after scientists. The Rayleigh Taylor instability happens between fluids that have different densities. A sheer stress is like when things are slipping by each other and there's a little bit of friction involved.

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