Abstract
The thermal stability of a couple-stress fluid is considered to include the effects of uniform horizontal magnetic field and Hall currents. The analysis is carried out within the framework of linear stability theory and normal made technique. For the case of stationary convection, magnetic field has stabilizing effect whereas Hall currents are found to have destabilizing effect on the system. The couple stress, however, has dual character in contrast to its stabilizing effect in the absence of Hall currents. Oscillatory modes are not allowed in the system. Graphs in each case have been plotted by giving numerical values to the parameters, depicting the stability characteristics.
Recommended Citation
Vikrant, Jaimala and and Kumar, Vivek
(2013).
Thermal Convection in a Couple-Stress Fluid in the Presence of Horizontal Magnetic Field with Hall Currents,
Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM), Vol. 8,
Iss.
1, Article 10.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/aam/vol8/iss1/10