Three-dimensional linear stability analysis of the flow in a liquid spherical droplet driven by an alternating magnetic field

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 668-678

  Shatrov, V ^a   Priede, J ^b   Gerbeth, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEAR SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPHERES;

LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

DROPLET; FLOW ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; METAL; STABILITY;

EID: 0346665663     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1535410     Document Type: Article

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