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Linear and Nonlinear Convection with an Aligned Magnetic Field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

N. Rudraiah
Affiliation:
UGC-DSA Centre in Fluid Mechanics, Department of Mathematics, Central College, Bangalore University, Bangalore-560001, INDIA
I S Shivakumara
Affiliation:
UGC-DSA Centre in Fluid Mechanics, Department of Mathematics, Central College, Bangalore University, Bangalore-560001, INDIA
P Geetavani
Affiliation:
UGC-DSA Centre in Fluid Mechanics, Department of Mathematics, Central College, Bangalore University, Bangalore-560001, INDIA

Abstract

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The effect of horizontal magnetic field on the onset of three-dimensional convection in a horizontal fluid layer is studied. It is found that the two-dimensional solutions are unstable to three-dimensional disturbances. A detailed bifurcation study is reported.

Type
IV. Photospheric Flows and Magnetic Fields
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990 

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