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Nonlinear solutions of modified plane Couette flow in the presence of a transverse magnetic field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

M. Nagata
M. Nagata
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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Abstract

A nonlinear analysis is performed numerically for the motion of an electrically conducting fluid between parallel plates in relative motion when a transverse magnetic field is applied. It is found that steady three-dimensional finite-amplitude solutions exist even when the linear analysis predicts an infinite critical Reynolds number.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 307 , 25 January 1996 , pp. 231 - 243
Copyright
© 1996 Cambridge University Press

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