On the stabilizing effect of a longitudinal magnetic field upon the nonhomogeneous turbulent motion of a conducting fluid

V. B. Levin

Abstract
Turbulent shear flows can be approximately described using the equations of conservation of second-order moments of the fluctuation velocities and semiempirical approximations for the dissipative term and fluctuation energy transfer along the three coordinate axes [1, 2]. If magnetic field is applied to the turbulent motion of an electrically conducting fluid, the Joule losses induced by the eddy currents will come additional dissipation of fluctuation energy. A semiempirical formula for the approximate Joule dissipation was derived in [3]. Figs. 5, Refs 4.