STABILITY OF A CONDUCTING FLUID FLOWING DOWN AN INCLINED PLANE IN A MAGNETIC FIELD.

Abstract

A stability analysis is made for the laminar flow of a layer of a viscous and electrically conducting fluid down an inclined plane in a transverse magnetic field. It is found that the effect of the magnetic field, revealed through the Hartmann number, is to stabilize the flow. A simpler and physically clearer approximate treatment of the same problem based on the principle of local balance is also given. The results agree quite satisfactorily with the exact analysis. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0610013

Entities

People

  • Din-yu Hsieh

Organizations

  • California Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Flow
  • Laminar Flow
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Transverse

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Theoretical Analysis.