On the Flow of an Electrically Conducting Nonlocal Viscous Fluid in a Circular Pipe in the Presence of a Transverse Magnetic Field in Magnetohydrodynamics

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. N. L. Narasimhan
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Viscous Fluid ◽  
Transverse Magnetic Field ◽  
Transverse Magnetic ◽  
Circular Pipe ◽  
Electrically Conducting

scholarly journals Influence of Magnetic Field on the Peristaltic Flow of a Viscous Fluid through a Finite-Length Cylindrical Tube

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. K. Pandey ◽  
Dharmendra Tripathi
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Viscous Fluid ◽  
Transverse Magnetic Field ◽  
Finite Length ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Hartmann Number ◽  
Volume Flow Rate ◽  
Critical Value ◽  
Transverse Magnetic ◽  
Volume Flow

The paper presents an analytical investigation of the peristaltic transport of a viscous fluid under the influence of a magnetic field through a tube of finite length in a dimensionless form. The expressions of pressure gradient, volume flow rate, average volume flow rate and local wall shear stress have been obtained. The effects of the transverse magnetic field and electrical conductivity (i.e. the Hartmann number) on the mechanical efficiency of a peristaltic pump have also been studied. The reflux phenomenon is also investigated. It is concluded, on the basis of the pressure distribution along the tubular length and pumping efficiency, that if the transverse magnetic field and the electric conductivity increase, the pumping machinery exerts more pressure for pushing the fluid forward. There is a linear relation between the averaged flow rate and the pressure applied across one wavelength that can restrain the flow due to peristalsis. It is found that there is a particular value of the averaged flow rate corresponding to a particular pressure that does not depend on the Hartmann number. Naming these values ‘critical values’, it is concluded that the pressure required for checking the flow increases with the Hartmann number above the critical value and decreases with it below the critical value. It is also inferred that magneto-hydrodynamic parameters make the fluid more prone to flow reversal. The conclusion applied to oesophageal swallowing reveals that normal water is easier to swallow than saline water. The latter is more prone to flow reversal. A significant difference between the propagation of the integral and non-integral number of waves along the tube is that pressure peaks are identical in the former and different in the latter cases.

scholarly journals Effect of a magnetic field on the growth rate of the Rayleigh–Taylor instability of a laser-accelerated thin ablative surface

2004 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. RUDRAIAH ◽  
B.S. KRISHNAMURTHY ◽  
A.S. JALAJA ◽  
TARA DESAI
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Growth Rate ◽  
Transverse Magnetic Field ◽  
Plasma Layer ◽  
Fusion Energy ◽  
Transverse Magnetic ◽  
Taylor Instability ◽  
Electrically Conducting ◽  
Rayleigh Taylor Instability ◽  
Thin Plasma

The Rayleigh–Taylor instability (RTI) of a laser-accelerated ablative surface of a thin plasma layer in an inertial fusion energy (IFE) target with incompressible electrically conducting plasma in the presence of a transverse magnetic field is investigated using linear stability analysis. A simple theory based on Stokes-lubrication approximation is proposed. It is shown that the effect of a transverse magnetic field is to reduce the growth rate of RTI considerably over the value it would have in the absence of a magnetic field. This is useful in the extraction of IFE efficiently.

TRANSIENT HYDROMAGNETIC FLOW OF A VISCOUS FLUID

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (19) ◽  
pp. 2533-2542
Author(s):  
T. HAYAT ◽  
S. N. NEOSSI NGUETCHUE ◽  
F. M. MAHOMED
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Viscous Fluid ◽  
Infinite Plate ◽  
Transverse Magnetic ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Hydromagnetic Flow ◽  
Electrically Conducting ◽  
Dependent Flow ◽  
Arbitrary Velocity ◽  
Numerical Approaches

This investigation deals with the time-dependent flow of an incompressible viscous fluid bounded by an infinite plate. The fluid is electrically conducting under the influence of a transverse magnetic field. The plate moves with a time dependent velocity in its own plane. Both fluid and plate exhibit rigid body rotation with a constant angular velocity. The solutions for arbitrary velocity and magnetic field is presented through similarity and numerical approaches. It is found that rotation induces oscillations in the flow.

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