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Small-scale structure of two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic turbulence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2006

Steven A. Orszag  and
Cha-Mei Tang
Steven A. Orszag
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Cha-Mei Tang
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge Present address: Jaycor, Alexandria, Virginia.
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Abstract

The formation of singularities in two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic flow is investigated by direct numerical simulation. It is shown that two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic turbulence is not as singular as three-dimensional hydrodynamic turbulence (in the sense that it has a less highly excited small-scale structure) but that it is more singular than two-dimensional hydrodynamic turbulence.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 90 , Issue 1 , 16 January 1979 , pp. 129 - 143
Copyright
© 1979 Cambridge University Press

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