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The effect of a magnetic field on the flow of a conducting fluid past a circular disk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

W. Chester  and
D. W. Moore
W. Chester
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Bristol
D. W. Moore
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Bristol
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Abstract

In the previous paper (Chester 1961) it was shown that, for large values of the Hartmann number, the asymptotic solution for the flow past a body of revolution has a discontinuity on the surface of a cylinder which circumscribes the body. The flow in the region of this discontinuity is now investigated in more detail when the body is a circular disk broadside-on to the flow. It will be shown that there is actually a region of transition whose thickness is O(|x|½/M½), where x is the axial distance from the disk and M is the Hartmann number. This region is thin near the disk, but gradually thickens until it merges into the over-all flow field for x = O(M).

The leading terms in the expression for the drag are given by $\frac{D}{D_s} = \frac{M \pi }{8} \left( 1 + \frac{2}{M} \right) $, where Ds is the Stokes drag.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , May 1961 , pp. 466 - 472
Copyright
© 1961 Cambridge University Press

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