Abstract:
This paper considers the problem of the evolution of azimuthal perturbations in axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamic. flows of an ideally conducting inviscid fluid with circular streamlines. The fluid is. in a toroidal gap between two surfaces with constant values of the stream function. The equations of. fluid motion are derived in the approximation of infinitely a narrow gap. The parameters at which. spontaneous swirling is possible are determined numerically, and the properties of secondary swirling. flows resulting from instability of the initial steady-state poloidal flow are established.
Keywords:axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamic vortex with closed streamlines, stability, numerical calculation of the evolution of azimuthal perturbations, spontaneous swirling.
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