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An asymptotic analysis of the equations and boundary conditions of fluid dynamics is performed, and a nonlinear model is constructed for the onset of the development of Rosensweig instability in a thin horizontal ferrofluid layer at rest covered with a thin layer of a lighter nonmagnetic liquid. The surface of a nonmagnetized slab is the lower boundary of the ferrofluid, and the interface with a gas is the upper boundary of the nonmagnetic liquid. The pressure in the gas is constant. The instability being considered arises upon the application of a rather strong uniform vertical magnetic field. The proposed model involves five dimensionless parameters. The critical magnetization of the initial ferrofluid layer with a flat upper boundary and the threshold wave number are found. The effect of the governing parameters on the instability region and on the wavelength of the fastest growing mode is studied in the linear formulation of the problem.
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Original Russian Text © V.M. Korovin, 2012, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2012, Vol. 82, No. 10, pp. 31–41.
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Korovin, V.M. Instability of a flat horizontal interface between a thin layer of a ferrofluid and a thin layer of a nonmagnetic liquid in the presence of a vertical magnetic field. Tech. Phys. 57, 1353–1363 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106378421210009X
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