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Thermal convection in a magnetic fluid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

Abdelfattah Zebib
Abdelfattah Zebib
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08855, USA
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Abstract

A theoretical study of the character and stability of thermomagnetic flow in a microgravity environment is performed. Convection is driven owing to imposed radial magnetic and temperature gradients in a cylindrical shell containing a ferrofluid. Linear, nonlinear, and computational methods are employed. It is shown that convection sets in as a stable supercritical bifurcation. Results obtained for a specific shell configuration are in good agreement with experiments.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 321 , 25 August 1996 , pp. 121 - 136
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© 1996 Cambridge University Press

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