Skip Navigation

The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics 1968 21(4):401-411; doi:10.1093/qjmam/21.4.401
© 1968 by Oxford University Press
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by LEWIS, E.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

THE SOLUTION OF A MHD PROBLEM USING A NUMERICAL METHOD DEVISED BY RAETZ

E. LEWIS {dagger}

( Department of Mathematics, University College London )

The problem considered is that of solving the boundary layer equations for the uniform motion of a semi-infinite flat plate through an incompressible conducting fluid at rest, subject to a constant transverse magnetic field. The solution of this problem is dependent upon a parameter M2x/R and, previously, has been derived in only those regions where or . For the region in which the solution has been derived by Rossow (1) while for the solution can be obtained analytically. However, using an explicit finite-difference method devised by Raetz (2) for solving the three-dimensional boundary layer equations in steady compressible flow, this problem can be solved for the complete range of . Shortly after the writer obtained the solution described in this paper, Maw (3) also solved this problem numerically for the complete range of M2x/R. The two solutions are in excellent agreement with each other, as they are also with Rossow's solution for and the analytic solution for .


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.