Viscous magnetic-relaxation energy identity

ID: viscous-magnetic-relaxation-energy-identity

For constant mass density , kinematic viscosity , ideal induction, zero boundary velocity and tangent magnetic field, put . Multiplying the momentum equation by and integrating cancels pressure work and advective flux. The magnetic-energy derivative is minus the integral of Lorentz force density dotted with velocity, canceling the same work in the kinetic-energy equation. Integration by parts then gives the displayed identity. For incompressible flow with zero boundary velocity, .

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