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Overstability in the magnetohydrodynamic Bénard problem at large Hartmann numbers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

R. D. Gibson
R. D. Gibson
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
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Abstract

The possibility of instability arising as overstability in the magnetohydrodynamic Bénard problem is discussed. Results are derived for large Hartmann numbers when the regions outside the fluid layer are conducting or insulating, the interfaces being rigid or free.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 62 , Issue 2 , April 1966 , pp. 287 - 299
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1966

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