Title

Stability Of Magnetohydrodynamic Shear Flows

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Nuovo Cimento Soc. Ital. Fis. D-Condens. Matter At. Mol. Chem. Phys. Fluids Plasmas Biophys.

Keywords

Physics; Multidisciplinary

Abstract

A study is made of the stability of a stratified shear flow in a perfectly conducting fluid in the presence of an external magnetic field aligned with the flow. A sufficient condition for stability of the flow is derived. A semi-circle theorem for the present hydromagnetic case is proved. The magnetic field is found to have a stabilizing effect on the flow. In order to incorporate the effects of density stratification, the semi-circle theorem is refined further to give a semi-ellipse theorem.

Journal Title

Nuovo Cimento Della Societa Italiana Di Fisica D-Condensed Matter Atomic Molecular and Chemical Physics Fluids Plasmas Biophysics

Volume

7

Issue/Number

3

Publication Date

1-1-1986

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

362

Last Page

370

WOS Identifier

WOS:A1986C260000006

ISSN

0392-6737

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