MHD SINK FLOW AT SMALL MAGNETIC REYNOLDS- NUMBER

Authors
ALEMANY A SECK B
Citation
A. Alemany et B. Seck, MHD SINK FLOW AT SMALL MAGNETIC REYNOLDS- NUMBER, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Mecanique, physique, chimie, astronomie, 318(5), 1994, pp. 579-585
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Mecanique, physique, chimie, astronomie → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518069
Volume
318
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Part
1
Pages
579 - 585
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8069(1994)318:5<579:MSFASM>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The study concerns the characterization of a two-dimensional sink flow when the electrically conducting fluid is submitted to the influence of a homogeneous and steady magnetic field. The problem is considered for small values of the magnetic Reynolds number and large values of t he magnetic field intensity. A classical similarity method gives an ex act analytical solution for this problem. The results show that the fl ow is confined in a layer for which depth is proportional to the inver se of the magnetic field intensity.