Effect of Magnetic Field and Rotation on Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability
- 1 October 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 4 (10), 1207-1210
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1706197
Abstract
The combined effect of a horizontal magnetic field and rotation on Kelvin‐Helmholtz instability of a stratified fluid is considered. In two uniform fluids the short‐wave perturbations are stabilized by magnetic field and surface tension, while rotation has a second‐order effect. In the long‐wave range the magnetic field increases the effect of rotational instability. Stability of fluids with exponentially varying density is discussed.Keywords
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