REVIEW

APPLICATION OF MHD EFFECTS IN ELECTROLYTES FOR 
MODELING VORTEX PROCESSES IN NATURAL PHENOMENA 
AND IN SOLVING ENGINEERING-PHYSICAL PROBLEMS

N. F. Bondarenko, E. Z. Gak, and M. Z. Gak

UDC 536.2:538.4:583.692

This paper gives an overview of the experimental results 
obtained by the method of MHD modeling in thin electrolyte layers 
and used to solve problems connected with the appearance of monotonic 
and vibrational instabilities. Primary consideration is given to the 
generation and interaction of transient vortex processes. As examples, 
the results of the investigations of flows in systems of two, three, 
and four vortices and periodic vortex structures, as well as of flows 
in the presence of obstacles of different permittivity modeling plants 
or technogenic screening devices intended to protect objects against 
pollution are presented. We consider the ways of using the results 
obtained in studying natural phenomena and in solving engineering-technical 
problems connected with mass and heat transfer and electrotransmission.

Agrophysical Scientific-Research Institute, Russian Academy 
of Agricultural Sciences, St. Petersburg; email: ivl@agrophys.spb.su. 
Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 75, No. 5, pp. 
186-196, September-October, 2002. Original article submitted 
September 7, 2001; revision submitted April 2, 2002.

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