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Stokes flow of a conducting fluid past an axially symmetric body in the presence of a uniform magnetic field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

I-Dee Chang
I-Dee Chang
Affiliation:
Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory, California Institue of Technology
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Abstract

Low Reynolds number flow of an incompressible fluid past an axially symmetric body in the presence of a uniform magnetic field is studied using a perturbation method. It is found that for small Hartmann number M an approximate drag formula is given by $ D^ \prime = D^\prime_0 \left(1 + \frac {D^\prime_0} {16\pi \rho vaU}M\right) + O(M^2),$ where D′0 is the Stokes drag for flow with no magnetic effect.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , November 1960 , pp. 473 - 477
Copyright
© 1960 Cambridge University Press

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