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On the stability of hydromagnetic flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

R. J. Lucas
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois 60626

Abstract

The linear stability of steady flow of an inhomogeneous, incompressible hydromagnetic fluid is considered. Circle theorems which provide bounds on the complex eigenfrequencies of the unstable normal modes are obtained. Sufficient conditions for stability follow in a number of special cases.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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