A nonlinear stability analysis for magnetized ferrofluid heated from below

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 464, Issue 2089, 2008, Pages 83-98

  Sunil, ^a   Mahajan, Amit ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Magnetization; Magnetized ferrofluid; Nonlinear stability

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; SYSTEM STABILITY;

CRITICAL STABILITY; ENERGY STABILITY; FERRO FLUIDS; FREE BOUNDARIES; GENERALIZED ENERGY; INERTIA FORCES; LINEAR INSTABILITIES; LINEAR INSTABILITY ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC (CE); MAGNETIC BODY; MAGNETIC FORCES; MAGNETIC PARAMETERS; NON LINEAR STABILITY; NON-LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR TERMS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER (RA); STABILITY ANALYSIS (IGC: E5/E13);

LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 47149084763     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2007.1906     Document Type: Article

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