Hydrodynamic stability of a gradient flow of a conducting fluid with a rheological power law in a transverse magnetic field

L. K. Martinson - K. B. Pavlov - S. L. Simkovich

Abstract
We consider the problem of the hydrodynamic stability of a steady Hartmann flow of a conducting fluid with a rheological power law with respect to plane infinitesimal perturbations. Neutral-stability curves are obtained for certain values of the defining parameters.