Dimensionality, secondary flows and helicity in low-Rm MHD vortices

DOI10.1017/jfm.2015.420zbMath1360.76351arXiv1506.03277OpenAlexW3101659366MaRDI QIDQ2797519

L. Davoust, A. Pothérat, Nathaniel T. Baker

Publication date: 5 April 2016

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.03277

zbMATH Keywords

vortex dynamicschannel flowMHD and electrohydrodynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Viscous vortex flows (76D17)

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