Spherical Couette flow in a dipolar magnetic field

European Journal of Mechanics, B/Fluids

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 729-737

  Hollerbach, Rainer ^a   Canet, Elisabeth ^b   Fournier, Alexandre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Magnetohydrodynamics; Spherical Couette flow

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

DIFFERENTIAL ROTATION; SPHERICAL COUETTE FLOW;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 34548645808     PISSN: 09977546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euromechflu.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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