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Figure 4

From: Magnetic field induced flow pattern reversal in a ferrofluidic Taylor-Couette system

Figure 4

Bifurcation with the strength of magnetic field.

Variation of WVF2,3 (WVF2) and WVF3,2 with axial (left column) and transverse (right column) magnetic field strength. Shown are (a,b) time-averaged, dominant amplitudes of the radial velocity field at mid-gap contributed from the axisymmetric mode , the mode and the mode , respectively. (c,d) The corresponding time-averaged frequency  of the complex mode amplitudes . Symbols are for eye guidance (the same for subsequent figures), but calculations were typically done for many more parameter values. All presented solutions are stable. The vertical dashed (dotted) lines indicate the critical magnetic field strength in at which the WVF3,2 (WVF3,2) flow changes its direction of rotation (cf. Fig. 3): for , for , for and for . Note that the events at and at do not reverse the rotational direction of the respective wavy flows (See, Figure 3).

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