1. Similarity in the flow of a magnetized plasma around a plate and a cylinder
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N.S. Buchel'nikova, V. T. Astrelin, Yu.I. Eidel'man, and I. A. Bogashchenko
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Physics ,Mechanical Engineering ,Mechanics ,Plasma ,Flow pattern ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Cylinder (engine) ,law.invention ,Classical mechanics ,Similarity (network science) ,Flow (mathematics) ,Mechanics of Materials ,law ,Potential flow around a circular cylinder ,Ionosphere - Abstract
The article is devoted to a verification of the law of similarity in the flow of a rarefied magnetized plasma around a body under conditions which simulate the conditions of flow around artificial earth satellites in the ionosphere. The law of similarity for flow around plates and cylinders of different sizes (R0/ϱi≈0.5–1, V0/Vi≈1.5–2) is confirmed experimentally. It is shown that the patterns of flow around a plate and a cylinder coincide at small values of the parameter δ(δ=R0/zH). The effect of the potential of the bodies on their flow patterns is studied.
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- 1973
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