Instability |
Field |
Named for
|
Benjamin–Feir instability |
Surface gravity waves |
T. Brooke Benjamin and Jim E. Feir
|
Buneman instability |
Plasma physics |
Oscar Buneman
|
Chandrasekhar–Donnelly instability |
Taylor-Couette instability of Helium II |
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and R.J. Donnelly
|
Chandrasekhar–Friedman–Schutz instability |
Instability of rotating self-gravitating mass due to gravitational radiation damping |
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, John L. Friedman and Bernard F. Schutz
|
Cherenkov instability |
Plasma physics |
Pavel Alekseevich Cherenkov
|
Chromo-Weibel instability |
Plasma physics |
E. S. Weibel
|
Crow instability |
Aerodynamics |
S. C. Crow
|
Darrieus–Landau instability |
Stability of propagating flame |
Georges Jean Marie Darrieus and Lev Landau
|
Dean instability |
Stability of flow in a curved pipe |
William Reginald Dean
|
D'yakov–Kontorovich instability |
Stability of a plane shock |
S. P. D'yakov and Victor M. Kontorovich
|
Faraday instability |
Vibrating fluid surfaces |
M. Faraday
|
Farley–Buneman instability |
Plasma instability |
Donald T. Farley and Oscar Buneman
|
Görtler instability |
Stability of flow along a concave boundary layer |
H. Görtler
|
Holmboe instability |
Stratified shear flows |
Jørgen Holmboe
|
Jeans instability |
Stability of interstellar gas clouds |
James Jeans
|
Kelvin–Helmholtz instability |
Stability of shearing flow |
Lord Kelvin and Hermann von Helmholtz
|
Kruskal–Shafranov instability |
Plasma physics |
Martin David Kruskal and Vitaly Shafranov
|
Peratt instability[1] |
Plasma physics |
Anthony Peratt
|
Plateau–Rayleigh instability |
Stability of jets and drops |
Joseph Plateau and Lord Rayleigh
|
Rayleigh–Bénard instability |
Natural convection, Rayleigh–Bénard convection |
Lord Rayleigh and Henri Bénard
|
Rayleigh–Taylor instability |
Instability created by density stratification |
Lord Rayleigh and Geoffrey Ingram Taylor
|
Richtmyer–Meshkov instability |
Plasma physics, Astrophysics |
R. D. Richtmyer and E. E. Meshkov
|
Roberts–Stewartson instability |
Instability of rotating self-gravitating mass due to viscosity |
Paul H. Roberts and Keith Stewartson
|
Saffman–Taylor instability |
Flow in porous medium |
Philip Saffman and Geoffrey Ingram Taylor
|
Taylor–Caulfield instability |
Stratified shear flows |
Geoffrey Ingram Taylor and Colm-cille P. Caulfield
|
Taylor–Couette instability |
Flow in rotating cylinder |
Geoffrey Ingram Taylor and Maurice Marie Alfred Couette
|
Tollmien–Schlichting instability |
Wave instability in shearing flows |
Walter Tollmien and Hermann Schlichting
|
Velikhov instability |
Plasma physics (non-equilibrium MHD) |
Evgeny Velikhov
|
Velikhov-Chandrasekhar instability |
Stability of rotating fluid in magnetic field |
Evgeny Velikhov and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
|
Weibel instability |
Plasma physics |
E. S. Weibel
|