Hydrodynamic and Hydromagnetic Stability

Chandrasekhar, S. (1961). Hydrodynamic and Hydromagnetic Stability. Clarendon Press.

Type

Book

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

1961

Link

https://archive.org/details/hydrodynamichydr0000chan

Cited from

physics, systems_cybernetics

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3 citations across 3 artifacts.

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Primes

• Convection

  • This sourceClassic 652-page treatise on the stability of fluid and plasma systems; rigorous treatment of Rayleigh–Bénard, rotating, and magnetic instabilities; authoritative reference for astrophysical and geophysical convection.

• Instability
  • and Chandrasekhar in 1961

    This sourceClassical treatise on the stability of fluid and plasma systems; rigorous mathematical treatment of convective, shear, and magnetic instabilities; authoritative reference for astrophysical and geophysical applications.

• Self-Organization
  • A thin fluid layer is heated from below; below a critical temperature gradient (or Rayleigh number Ra_c ≈ 1708), the fluid conducts heat through conduction and remains quiescent; above it, the buoyancy-driven instability becomes dominant, and ordered hexagonal or roll convection cells form spontaneously

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