Publication Date:
1959-07-01
Description:
The uniform steady flow of an incompressible, viscous, electrically conducting fluid is distorted by the presence of a symmetrically oriented semi-infinite flat plate. The ambient magnetic field is coincident with the ambient velocity field. The description of the resulting fields depends on the physical co-ordinates measured in units of Reynolds number and on the two parameters ε = ωμν and β = μH2/ρv2. This description of the fields is approximated in three different ways and essentially covers the full range of ε and β. In particular, when β [Gt ] 1, no steady flow which is uniform at large distances from the plate exists.
Print ISSN:
0022-1120
Electronic ISSN:
1469-7645
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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Physics