The effect of a strong magnetic field on two-dimensional flows of a conducting fluid

1963 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 429-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Childress
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Perturbation Technique ◽  
The Body ◽  
Conducting Fluid ◽  
Order Effects ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Axially Symmetric ◽  
Exterior Region ◽  
Electrically Conducting ◽  
Higher Order Effects

The motion of a viscous, electrically conducting fluid past a finite two-dimensional obstacle is investigated. The magnetic field is assumed to be uniform and parallel to the velocity at infinity. By means of a perturbation technique, approximations valid for large values of the Hartmann number M are derived. It is found that, over any finite region, the flow field is characterized by the presence of shear layers fore and aft of the body. The limit attained over the exterior region represents the two-dimensional counterpart of the axially symmetric solution given by Chester (1961). Attention is focused on a number of nominally ‘higher-order’ effects, including the presence of two distinct boundary layers. The results hold only when M [Gt ] Re; Re = Reynolds number. However, a generalization of the procedure, in which the last assumption is relaxed, is suggested.

Magnetogasdynamic Aligned Flows with Finite Electric Conductivity

1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (12) ◽  
pp. 1273-1276
Author(s):  
O. P. Chandna ◽  
R. W. Holmes
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Charge Density ◽  
Electric Conductivity ◽  
Conducting Fluid ◽  
Finite Conductivity ◽  
Axially Symmetric ◽  
Symmetric Flow ◽  
Electrically Conducting ◽  
Electrically Conducting Fluid ◽  
Zero Charge

It is established that the steady, axially symmetric flow of a compressible, electrically conducting fluid with finite conductivity has either zero charge density or an irrotational magnetic field. Some properties and solutions of these flows are studied for plane and axially symmetric flows.

Motion of a charged particle in superposed Heliotron and biconical cusp fields

1969 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. P. Srivastava ◽  
P. K. Bhat
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Charged Particle ◽  
Magnetic Moment ◽  
Particle Trajectory ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Equation Of Motion ◽  
Neutral Point ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Axially Symmetric ◽  
Hybrid Type

We have studied the behaviour of a charged particle in an axially symmetric magnetic field having a neutral point, so as to find a possibility of confining a charged particle in a thermonuclear device. In order to study the motion we have reduced a three-dimensional motion to a two-dimensional one by introducing a fictitious potential. Following Schmidt we have classified the motion, as an ‘off-axis motion’ and ‘encircling motion’ depending on the behaviour of this potential. We see that the particle performs a hybrid type of motion in the negative z-axis, i.e. at some instant it is in ‘off-axis motion’ while at another instant it is in ‘encircling motion’. We have also solved the equation of motion numerically and the graphs of the particle trajectory verify our analysis. We find that in most of the cases the particle is contained. The magnetic moment is found to be moderately adiabatic.

scholarly journals Span-Wise Fluctuating MHD Convective Flow of a Viscoelastic Fluid through a Porous Medium in a Hot Vertical Channel with Thermal Radiation

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 667-681 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.D. Singh
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Vertical Channel ◽  
Magnetic Reynolds Number ◽  
Conducting Fluid ◽  
Temperature Fields ◽  
Convection Flow ◽  
Electrically Conducting ◽  
Unsteady Mixed Convection ◽  
Phase Angles

Abstract An unsteady mixed convection flow of a visco-elastic, incompressible and electrically conducting fluid in a hot vertical channel is analyzed. The vertical channel is filled with a porous medium. The temperature of one of the channel plates is considered to be fluctuating span-wise cosinusoidally, i.e., $T^* \left( {y^* ,z^* ,t^* } \right) = T_1 + \left( {T_2} - {T_ 1} \right)\cos \left( {{{\pi z^* } \over d} - \omega ^* t^* } \right)$ . A magnetic field of uniform strength is applied perpendicular to the planes of the plates. The magnetic Reynolds number is assumed very small so that the induced magnetic field is neglected. It is also assumed that the conducting fluid is gray, absorbing/emitting radiation and non-scattering. Governing equations are solved exactly for the velocity and the temperature fields. The effects of various flow parameters on the velocity, temperature and the skin friction and the Nusselt number in terms of their amplitudes and phase angles are discussed with the help of figures.

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