Main Page
About the Journal
Subscription information

Current Issue
Tables of Contents
Author Index
Search

Authors
Referees

Rayleigh--Bénard convection in strong vertical magnetic field: flow structure and verification of numerical method

R. Akhmedagaev1 - O. Zikanov1 - D. Krasnov2 - J. Schumacher2

1 University of Michigan -- Dearborn, Dearborn, USA
2 Technische Universität Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany

Abstract
Direct numerical simulations are performed to study turbulent Rayleigh--Bénard convection in a vertical cylindrical cavity exposed to a uniform axial magnetic field. Flows at high Hartmann and Rayleigh numbers are considered. The calculations reveal that, similarly to the behavior observed in Rayleigh--Bénard convection with strong rotation, flows under a strong magnetic field develop a central vortex, whereas the heat transfer is suppressed. Figs 6, Refs 19.

Magnetohydrodynamics 56, No. 2/3, 157-166, 2020 [PDF, 1.84 Mb]

Copyright: Institute of Physics, University of Latvia
Electronic edition ISSN 1574-0579
Printed edition ISSN 0024-998X
DOI: http://doi.org/10.22364/mhd