Analysis of Electromagnetically Driven Flow in an Annular Layer of Conducting Fluid

Direct studies of rotating fluid flows occurring in metallurgy, microfluidic devices, atmospheric and geo- and astrophysical systems can be difficult to perform due to their size, temperature or aggressive chemical composition. Thus, a variety of lab experiments with electrolytes, where salt solutions are electromagnetically forced to rotate, are employed to investigate them. They showed that a robust system of vortices (swirling patterns) develop in a flow domain. This research mathematically and computationally investigated the mechanisms responsible for the formation of such vortices and their dominant physical characteristics.