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Is vortex sheet is unstable at high Reynolds number?(a) True(b) FalseI got this question in an online quiz.The above asked question is from The Vortex Sheet in portion Incompressible Flow over Airfoils of Aerodynamics

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The correct CHOICE is (a) True

The BEST I can explain: The discontinuity in the tangential velocity MEANS that the flow has infinite vorticity in a vortex sheet. At high Reynolds numbers vortex sheets tend to be UNSTABLE and they exhibit Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability can occur when there is velocity shear in a single continuous fluid.



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