Some properties of turbulent rotating MHD flows under crossed electrical and magnetic fields

B. Mikhailovich

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Mechanical Engineering Dept., P.O.Box 653, 84105 Beer-Sheva, Israel

Abstract
Results of experimental measurements of the azimuthal velocity component of an electrically conducting fluid rotating flow in an annular cylindrical cavity under the action of azimuthal electromagnetic force generated by the interaction of a radial electrical field with an axial magnetic field are presented. The behaviour of mean velocity and fluctuating characteristics in the electrical and magnetic fields is analyzed. Figs 4, Refs 7.