Kelvin-Helmholtz Shear Instability — Vortex Sheet Roll-Up

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Kelvin-Helmholtz instability: at a shear interface between two fluid layers moving at different speeds, any small perturbation grows exponentially (growth rate ~ ΔU·k) and rolls up into characteristic billows. Here simulated via 2D vorticity transport with spectral-inspired pseudo-spectral approach.