Magnetohydrodynamic rotation of an electrically conductive liquid in a cylindrical vessel of finite dimensions

L. P. Gorbachev - N. V. Nikitin - A. L. Ustinov

Abstract
We carried out a theoretical and experimental investigation of the motion of an electrically conductive liquid in a cylindrical vessel of finite height under the action of crossed E−B fields and in a rotating magnetic field. We considered the case of large values of hydrodynamic and small values of magnetic Reynolds numbers. We found expressions for the circular, axial, and radial components of velocity over the entire region of flow. By a thermoanemometric method, we measured the circular component of the velocity of a KOH solution brought into motion by a rotating magnetic field  The experimental results obtained agree with the theoretical results. We compared the calculations with the experimental data available in the literature.