Shear-layers in magnetohydrodynamic spherical Couette flow with conducting walls

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 645, Issue , 2010, Pages 145-185

  Soward, A M ^a   Dormy, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

AXISYMMETRIC MOTIONS; ELECTRIC CURRENT FLOW; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING FLUIDS; EQUATORIAL PLANES; HARTMANN BOUNDARY LAYERS; MAGNETIC FIELD LINE; RELATIVE CONDUCTANCE; SPHERICAL COUETTE FLOW;

SHEAR FLOW;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COUETTE FLOW; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77952422540     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009992539     Document Type: Article

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