Suppressing the Rayleigh-Taylor instability with a rotating magnetic field

Details Suppressing the Rayleigh-Taylor instability with a rotating magnetic field Suppressing the Rayleigh-Taylor instability with a rotating magnetic field

2006-07-28

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0607263v1

Physics

Fluid Dynamics

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10.1103/PhysRevE.75.016311

The Rayleigh-Taylor instability of a magnetic fluid superimposed on a non-magnetic liquid of lower density may be suppressed with the help of a spatially homogeneous magnetic field rotating in the plane of the undisturbed interface. Starting from the complete set of Navier-Stokes equations for both liquids a Floquet analysis is performed which consistently takes into account the viscosities of the fluids. Using experimentally relevant values of the parameters we suggest to use this stabilization mechanism to provide controlled initial conditions for an experimental investigation of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability.

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