15th European Turbulence Conference 2015
August 25-28th, 2015, Delft, The Netherlands
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DNS OF NATURAL CONVECTION IN LIQUID METAL WITH SRTONG MAGNETIC FIELD IN RECTANGULAR BOX


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Presentation:
Session: Magnetohydrodynamics 2
Room: Room F
Session start: 15:00 Tue 25 Aug 2015

Wenjun Liu   wenjun.liu@tu-ilmenau.de
Affifliation: TU-Ilmenau, Germany

Dmitry Krasnov   dmitry.krasnov@tu-ilmenau.de
Affifliation: TU-Ilmenau, Germany

Andre Thess   andre.thess@dlr.de
Affifliation: DLR, Stuttgart, Germany


Topics: - MHD turbulence, - Thermally driven turbulence

Abstract:

Direct numerical simulations of natural convection in liquid metal within rectangular box heated uniformly from below with uniform strong vertical magnetic field are conducted. The main aim is to explore the possibilities and mechanisms of convection instabilities in such flows. The effects of parameter range on the flow structure, i.e. variations in Hartmann number, Rayleigh number and aspect ratio, are analyzed. It is shown that the magnetic field can completely change the structure and orientation of convection rolls by leading a new flow structure lined magnetic field. And if the magnetic field is strong enough, convection in the system can be fully suppressed.