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The instability of the plane interface between two uniform, superposed, electrically conducting and counter-streaming fluids through a porous medium is considered in the presence of a horizontal magnetic field. In the absence of surface tension, perturbations transverse to the direction of streaming are found to be unaffected by the presence of streaming if perturbations in the direction of streaming are ignored. For perturbations in all other directions there exists instability for a certain wavenumber range. The instability of this system is postponed by the presence of magnetic field. The magnetic field and surface tension are able to suppress this Kelvin-Helmholtz instability for small wavelength perturbations and the medium porosity reduces the stability range given in terms of a difference between the streaming velocities and the Alfvén velocity.
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This research forms a part of the research project awarded to the first author (R.C.S.) by the University Grants Commission.
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Sharma, R.C., Kumari, V. Hydromagnetic instability of streaming fluids in porous medium. Czech J Phys 41, 459–465 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01597949
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01597949