cranfield0061

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61
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on flow of electrically conducting fluids over a flat
plate in the presence of a transverse magnetic field .
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<AUTHOR>
rossow,v.j.
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<BIBLIO>
naca tn.3971, 1957.
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<TEXT>
  the use of a magnetic field to control the motion of electrically
conducting fluids is studied .  the boundary-layer solutions are found
for flow over a flat plate when the magnetic field is fixed relative to
the plate or to the fluid .  the
equations are integrated numerically for
the effect of the transverse magnetic
field on the velocity and temperature
profiles, and hence, the skin friction and rate of heat transfer .
  it is concluded that the skin friction and the heat-transfer rate are
reduced when the transverse magnetic
field is fixed relative to the plate
and increased when fixed relative to the fluid .  the total drag is
increased in all the cases studied .
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