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🌀 Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability: Vortex Sheet Roll-Up (2D)

Real point-vortex simulation of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability: a periodic Biot-Savart vortex sheet with Krasny regularisation rolls up into billows as shear grows.

Electromagnetism2DAdvanced60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

⚙ Under the hood

A real point-vortex simulation of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. Adjust the shear, density ratio and perturbation, and watch the vortex sheet roll up into spiral billows, with live growth-rate and Richardson-number readouts.

Fluid DynamicsVortexShear FlowInstabilityBiot-Savart

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install