Non-axisymmetric instabilities in magnetic spherical couette flow

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

Volumn 465, Issue 2107, 2009, Pages 2003-2013

  Hollerbach, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic stability; Magnetohydrodynamics; Spherical couette flow

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATION; SPHERES; STABILITY;

AXISYMMETRIC; AZIMUTHAL WAVE NUMBER; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMIC STABILITY; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MODE TRANSITIONS; NONMAGNETIC; ROTATION AXIS; SPHERICAL COUETTE FLOW; SPHERICAL SHELL;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 67650784377     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2009.0004     Document Type: Article

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