The surface topography of a magnetic fluid: A quantitative comparison between experiment and numerical simulation

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 571, Issue , 2007, Pages 455-474

  Gollwitzer, Christian ^a   Matthies, Gunar ^b   Richter, Reinhard ^a   Rehberg, Ingo ^a   Tobiska, Lutz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREE ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

MAGNETIC LIQUIDS; NORMAL FIELD INSTABILITY; RADIOSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; WAVE NUMBER;

MAGNETIC FLUIDS;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREE ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FLUIDS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

BIFURCATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOURIER TRANSFORM; INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846088172     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006003466     Document Type: Article

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