 Hartmann layer (source code)

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= Hartmann layer
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A Hartmann layer is the thin viscous-magnetic <boundary layer> next to a wall crossed by the applied <magnetic field>. For channel half-width $L$ and large <Hartmann number> $H$, its thickness is $\delta\sim L/H=\sqrt{\mu_0\rho\nu\eta}/|B_0|$. It restores the <no-slip boundary condition> and the specified magnetic wall condition outside the nearly uniform <Hartmann flow> core.

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