Experimental Kelvin-Helmholtz Results

A Kelvin-Helmholtz instability is formed when two fluids of different densities exert a shear on one another at their interface when flowing in opposite directions. This dataset presents video results from a low-cost, small-scale, experimental tilt tube apparatus. Representative experiments were conducted with fresh water and salt water of different densities, and results showed that both the amplitude of the waves and the amount of time the instability was visible decreased with increasing salt water salinity.