CHAOTIC BEHAVIOR AND STRANGE ATTRACTOR IN TIME-DEPENDENT SOLUTIONS OFTHE MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC EQUATIONS FOR THE FARADAY DISC

Authors
INGRAHAM RL VULCAN T
Citation
Rl. Ingraham et T. Vulcan, CHAOTIC BEHAVIOR AND STRANGE ATTRACTOR IN TIME-DEPENDENT SOLUTIONS OFTHE MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC EQUATIONS FOR THE FARADAY DISC, Physics of plasmas, 4(9), 1997, pp. 3173-3176
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physics of plasmas → ACNP
ISSN journal
1070664X
Volume
4
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Pages
3173 - 3176
Database
ISI
SICI code
1070-664X(1997)4:9<3173:CBASAI>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Chaos and a strange attractor were found in time-dependent solutions o f the full magnetohydrodynamic equations for a Faraday disc in an appl ied magnetic ''seed'' field. These were treated by the Galerkin method , truncated at five modes. The seed field is amplified several hundred fold. There are also aperiodic ''partial pole reversals.'' (C) 1997 Am erican Institute of Physics.