Stability of an Electrical Discharge Surrounded by a Free Vortex
- 1 December 1972
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 15 (12) , 2187-2192
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1693855
Abstract
Analysis shows that the serious unstable disturbances on a fluid cylinder carrying an axial current can be suppressed by a coaxial vortex flow, in agreement with laboratory observation on electrical discharges. The result may provide an explanation for the electrical activities found in the funnel of tornadoes.Keywords
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