HYDROMAGNETIC FLOW IN A ROTATING STRAIGHT PIPE

A theoretical analysis is made of the flow of a conducting viscous and incompressible fluid through a straight pipe of circular cross-section flowing under a constant pressure gradient. The pipe is rotated about an axis perpendicular to it and also there is imposed a uniform magnetic field transverse to the motion. It is assumed for the purpose of mathematical analysis, the angular velocity about the axis of rotation, is small. A solution is developed by successive approximations in ascending powers of the Hartmann number, the first approximation corresponds to the non-magnetic case, formulated and discussed by Barua. The stream lines in the central plane and the projection of the stream lines on the cross-section of the pipe are compared with those in the non-magnetic case. An expression for the induced electric potential difference and sensitivity has been obtained. © 1968, THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN. All rights reserved.