Nonlinear Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in hydromagnetics (Q1072846)
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Nonlinear Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in hydromagnetics (English)
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1985
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By taking into account the temporal as well as the spatial effects, a weakly nonlinear theory of the propagation of wave packets in the Kelvin- Helmholtz instability problem in the presence of uniform magnetic fields, acting along the surface of separation of two moving superposed fluids, is presented. With the use of the method of multiple scaling, the evolution of the amplitude of the two-dimensional wave packets, which is governed by a nonlinear Kelvin-Gordon equation, is derived. The various stability criteria arising out of this equation are examined. The nonlinear cut-off wavenumber, which separates the region of stability from that of instability, is determined.
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perfectly conducting fluids
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Jacobian elliptic functions
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kink
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antikink
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weakly nonlinear theory
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propagation of wave packets
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Kelvin-Helmholtz instability
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uniform magnetic fields
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surface of separation
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two moving superposed fluids
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method of multiple scaling
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two-dimensional wave packets
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nonlinear Kelvin-Gordon equation
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stability criteria
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nonlinear cut-off wavenumber
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