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MHD flow in an annular channel; theory and experiment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

J. A. Baylis  and
J. C. R. Hunt
J. A. Baylis
Affiliation:
Central Electricity Research Laboratories, Leatherhead, Surrey
J. C. R. Hunt
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge
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Abstract

The theory of Hunt & Stewartson (1965) for MHD flow in a rectangular duct with conducting walls parallel and non-conducting walls perpendicular to the magnetic field is applied to the problem of electrically driven MHD flow in a rectangular annulus. It is assumed that the Hartmann number M is sufficiently great for secondary flow effects to be negligible. The experiment described here satisfied the conditions of the theory and thus provides a sensitive experimental check on Hunt & Stewartson's theory. The theory is found to agree with the experiments to within the accuracy of the asymptotic theory.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 48 , Issue 3 , 16 August 1971 , pp. 423 - 428
Copyright
© 1971 Cambridge University Press

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