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A Three Function Variational Principle for Stationary Non-Barotropic Magnetohydrodynamics

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The current paper is devoted to the introduction of simpler Eulerian variational principles from which all the relevant equations of non-barotropic stationary magnetohydrodynamics can be derived for magnetic fields which lie on surfaces. A variational principle is given in terms of three independent variables for stationary non-barotropic magnetohydrodynamic flows. This is a smaller number of variables than the eight variables which appear in the standard equations of non-barotropic magnetohydrodynamics which are the magnetic field, the velocity field, the specific entropy and the density. We further investigate the case in which the flow along magnetic lines is not ideal.
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Subject: Physical Sciences  -   Fluids and Plasmas Physics
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