Published December 1964
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Stability of a conducting fluid flowing down an inclined plane in a magnetic field
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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.
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Office of Naval Research Department of the Navy Contract Nonr-200(28). Report No. 85-29. Approved by M. S. Plesset.Attached Files
Submitted - Report_No._85-29.pdf
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Report_No._85-29.pdf
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20140603-144216060
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- Office of Naval Research (ONR)
- Nonr-200(28)
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2014-06-03Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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2019-10-03Created from EPrint's last_modified field
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