Fast Dynamo Action in a Steady Flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 180, Issue , 1987, Pages 267-295

  Soward, A M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS - VORTEX FLOW; FLUIDS - ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; WAVES;

FAST DYNAMO; STEADY FLOW;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 0023384408     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112087001800     Document Type: Article

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