Magnetorotational instability in electrically driven flow of liquid metal: Spectral analysis of global modes

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Khalzov, I V ^a,b   Ilgisonis, V I ^a   Smolyakov, A I ^a,b   Velikhov, E P ^b  

^a KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary layers; Channel flow; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Flow instability; Liquid metals; Magnetohydrodynamics; Numerical analysis; Rotational flow

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHANNEL FLOW; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; LIQUID METALS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STABILITY;

ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN FLOW; FLOW INSTABILITY; MAGNETOROTATIONAL INSTABILITY; AXISYMMETRIC; CIRCULAR CHANNELS; EIGENVALUE PROBLEM; EQUILIBRIUM VELOCITY; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC STABILITY; RIGID WALL; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC FIELD; VELOCITY PROFILES; WALL BOUNDARY CONDITION;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID METALS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHANNEL FLOW; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; LIQUID METALS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROTATIONAL FLOW;

EID: 85066966528     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2408513     Document Type: Article

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