Solitary waves on a ferrofluid jet

Blyth, Mark and Parau, Emilian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5134-2068 (2014) Solitary waves on a ferrofluid jet. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 750. 401- 420. ISSN 0022-1120

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Abstract

The propagation of axisymmetric solitary waves on the surface of an otherwise cylindrical ferrofluid jet subjected to a magnetic field is investigated. An azimuthal magnetic field is generated by an electric current flowing along a stationary metal rod which is mounted along the axis of the moving jet. A numerical method is used to compute fully-nonlinear travelling solitary waves and predictions of elevation waves and depression waves by Rannacher & Engel (2006) using a weakly-nonlinear theory are confirmed in the appropriate ranges of the magnetic Bond number. New nonlinear branches of solitary wave solutions are identified. As the Bond number is varied, the solitary wave profiles may approach a limiting configuration with a trapped toroidal-shaped bubble, or they may approach a static wave (i.e. one with zero phase speed). For a sufficiently large axial rod, the limiting profile may exhibit a cusp.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Mathematics
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Fluid and Solid Mechanics
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	09 Jun 2014 13:36
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2022 06:18
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/48530
DOI:	10.1017/jfm.2014.275

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