Planar channel flow in Braginskii magnetohydrodynamics

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 667, Issue , 2011, Pages 520-543

  Dellar, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

boundary layers; high Hartmann number flows; plasmas

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MAGNETOPLASMA; PLASMA (HUMAN); SHEAR FLOW; STRAIN RATE; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

ANALYTICAL STUDIES; ESSENTIAL FEATURES; FLUID DESCRIPTION; HIGH-HARTMANN-NUMBER FLOWS; LARGE SCALE MOTION; MAGNETIC FIELD LINE; MOMENTUM TRANSPORTS; UNIFORM MAGNETIC FIELDS;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

CHANNEL FLOW; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLASMA; STRAIN RATE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79951596703     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010004507     Document Type: Article

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