Yield stress of a magnetic fluid in a magnetic field (Q1317706)

(From the authors' abstract.) The yield stress \(\tau_ 0\) of a magnetic fluid in a plane channel and the shape of the chains restraining the motion of the fluid are determined. The equilibrium problem for a magnetic fluid in a plane channel in the presence of an external magnetic field perpendicular to the plane of the channel and a pressure difference between the channel ends is solved within the framework of the structured fluid model. It is shown that equilibrium is possible only when the pressure difference does not exceed a certain limit \(\Delta P_{cr}\) at which the shear stress on the channel wall has a maximum.