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Comment by ChuckMcM

Seriously? Except its not a plasma, its a fluid, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations don't include (at this stage) electromagnetic forces. Show me a paper that can describe a fluid in motion where the force on each element is computed as a function of the electromagnetic state, the thermal state, and the viscosity state of each other element and I'll show you a candidate for a Nobel prize.

At least in the open literature I haven't seen CFD models that consider the influence of elements beyond a few centimeters, the magnetic forces in the Earth's core move elements meters, if not kilometers, away so the date sets do get very strange, and you have to mix in that if they cool to much or you hit an eddy current and the pressure drops the current gets cut off and the electrodynamic forces stop.

parent ChuckMcM 15 years ago

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