Thermoconvective instability of paramagnetic fluids in a uniform magnetic field

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1819-1825

  Huang, Jie ^a   Edwards, Boyd F ^a   Gray, Donald D ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUOYANCY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIZATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PARAMAGNETISM; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CRITICAL WAVE NUMBER; KELVIN NUMBER; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; THERMOCONVECTIVE INSTABILITY;

HEAT CONVECTION;

INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUIDS; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 0031171751     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869297     Document Type: Article

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