Dynamics of Fluids in the Cavity of a Rotating Body: A Review of Analytical Solutions

Since the middle of the 20th century, an understanding of the diversity of the natural magnetohydrodynamic phenomena surrounding us has begun to emerge. Magnetohydrodynamic nature manifests itself in such seemingly heterogeneous processes as the flow of water in the world’s oceans, the movements of...

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Main Authors: Anatoly A. Gurchenkov, Ivan A. Matveev
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description Since the middle of the 20th century, an understanding of the diversity of the natural magnetohydrodynamic phenomena surrounding us has begun to emerge. Magnetohydrodynamic nature manifests itself in such seemingly heterogeneous processes as the flow of water in the world’s oceans, the movements of Earth’s liquid core, the dynamics of the solar magnetosphere and galactic electromagnetic fields. Their close relationship and multifaceted influence on human life are becoming more and more clearly revealed. The study of these phenomena requires the development of theory both fundamental and analytical, unifying a wide range of phenomena, and specialized areas that describe specific processes. The theory of translational fluid motion is well developed, but for most natural phenomena, this condition leads to a rather limited model. The fluid motion in the cavity of a rotating body such that the Coriolis forces are significant has been studied much less. A distinctive feature of the problems under consideration is their significant nonlinearity, (i.e., the absence of a linear approximation that allows one to obtain nontrivial useful results). From this point of view, the studies presented here were selected. This review presents studies on the movements of ideal and viscous fluids without taking into account electromagnetic phenomena (non-conducting, non-magnetic fluid) and while taking them into account (conducting fluid). Much attention is payed to the macroscopic movements of sea water (conducting liquid) located in Earth’s magnetic field, which spawns electric currents and, as a result, an induced magnetic field. Exploring the processes of generating magnetic fields in the moving turbulent flows of conducting fluid in the frame of dynamic systems with distributed parameters allows better understanding of the origin of cosmic magnetic fields (those of planets, stars, and galaxies). Various approaches are presented for rotational and librational movements. In particular, an analytical solution of three-dimensional unsteady magnetohydrodynamic equations for problems in a plane-parallel configuration is presented.
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spelling doaj.art-5391584c51994b9d86bbc704fd7ce4212024-03-27T14:00:29ZengMDPI AGPhysics2624-81742024-03-016142645510.3390/physics6010029Dynamics of Fluids in the Cavity of a Rotating Body: A Review of Analytical SolutionsAnatoly A. Gurchenkov0Ivan A. Matveev1Federal Research Center “Computer Science and Control” of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilov Str., 44/2, 119333 Moscow, RussiaFederal Research Center “Computer Science and Control” of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilov Str., 44/2, 119333 Moscow, RussiaSince the middle of the 20th century, an understanding of the diversity of the natural magnetohydrodynamic phenomena surrounding us has begun to emerge. Magnetohydrodynamic nature manifests itself in such seemingly heterogeneous processes as the flow of water in the world’s oceans, the movements of Earth’s liquid core, the dynamics of the solar magnetosphere and galactic electromagnetic fields. Their close relationship and multifaceted influence on human life are becoming more and more clearly revealed. The study of these phenomena requires the development of theory both fundamental and analytical, unifying a wide range of phenomena, and specialized areas that describe specific processes. The theory of translational fluid motion is well developed, but for most natural phenomena, this condition leads to a rather limited model. The fluid motion in the cavity of a rotating body such that the Coriolis forces are significant has been studied much less. A distinctive feature of the problems under consideration is their significant nonlinearity, (i.e., the absence of a linear approximation that allows one to obtain nontrivial useful results). From this point of view, the studies presented here were selected. This review presents studies on the movements of ideal and viscous fluids without taking into account electromagnetic phenomena (non-conducting, non-magnetic fluid) and while taking them into account (conducting fluid). Much attention is payed to the macroscopic movements of sea water (conducting liquid) located in Earth’s magnetic field, which spawns electric currents and, as a result, an induced magnetic field. Exploring the processes of generating magnetic fields in the moving turbulent flows of conducting fluid in the frame of dynamic systems with distributed parameters allows better understanding of the origin of cosmic magnetic fields (those of planets, stars, and galaxies). Various approaches are presented for rotational and librational movements. In particular, an analytical solution of three-dimensional unsteady magnetohydrodynamic equations for problems in a plane-parallel configuration is presented.https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8174/6/1/29fluid dynamicsmagnetohydrodynamicsideal fluidviscous fluidrotating bodyCoriolis force
spellingShingle Anatoly A. Gurchenkov
Ivan A. Matveev
Dynamics of Fluids in the Cavity of a Rotating Body: A Review of Analytical Solutions
Physics
fluid dynamics
magnetohydrodynamics
ideal fluid
viscous fluid
rotating body
Coriolis force
title Dynamics of Fluids in the Cavity of a Rotating Body: A Review of Analytical Solutions
title_full Dynamics of Fluids in the Cavity of a Rotating Body: A Review of Analytical Solutions
title_fullStr Dynamics of Fluids in the Cavity of a Rotating Body: A Review of Analytical Solutions
title_full_unstemmed Dynamics of Fluids in the Cavity of a Rotating Body: A Review of Analytical Solutions
title_short Dynamics of Fluids in the Cavity of a Rotating Body: A Review of Analytical Solutions
title_sort dynamics of fluids in the cavity of a rotating body a review of analytical solutions
topic fluid dynamics
magnetohydrodynamics
ideal fluid
viscous fluid
rotating body
Coriolis force
url https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8174/6/1/29
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