Instabilities of bubbles and droplets flows in magnetic fluids

This paper is devoted to the experimental investigation of the bubbles and the nonmagnetic droplets flows throughout magnetic fluid in the presence of uniform magnetic field. The instability of such flows due to dipole-dipole interaction between bubbles and between droplets is studied. The critical values of the magnetic field intensity and the flow parameters are ascertained. (c) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.