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The electro-magneto-hydrodynamic (EMHD) flow and instabilities engendered by the Lorenz force arising from interaction between externally applied perpendicular electric and magnetic fields are investigated in layers of two immiscible liquids in a channel. A new finite wave-number EMHD instability mode is uncovered by the Orr–Sommerfeld analysis, in addition to the interfacial and shear modes which also arise in the pressure-driven flows. Thus, EMHD can be controlled for micro-channel transport, heat and mass transfer, mixing, micro-emulsion generation, etc.
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Bandyopadhyay, D., Reddy, P.D.S., Sharma, A. et al. Electro-magnetic-field-induced flow and interfacial instabilities in confined stratified liquid layers. Theor. Comput. Fluid Dyn. 26, 23–28 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00162-011-0225-y
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