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用MHD Taylor-Couette流动实验获得湍流磁普朗特数

Turbulent magnetic Prandtl numbers obtained with MHD Taylor-Couette flow experiments

M. Gellert, G. Ruediger

摘要:

本文研究了具有环形磁场的MHD Taylor-Couette流的稳定性问题。只考虑了Bin = Bout的最均匀(但不是无电流)场。对于足够高的哈特曼数,环向场总是不稳定的。然而,刚性旋转稳定了磁(扭结)不稳定性。驱动不稳定性的轴向电流被不稳定性本身感应的电动势减小。数值模拟,以探讨这种效应作为一种可能性,在实验室中测量湍流传导率。数值计算表明,在钠实验(无旋转)中,出现4倍于分子扩散系数的涡流扩散系数,导致电势差为~34 mV/m。如果圆筒旋转,则也可以测量涡流粘度。的不稳定性的非线性模拟导致的湍流磁普朗特数为2.1的分子磁普朗特数为0.01。对于较小的Pm,趋势趋向于较高的值。

英文摘要:

The stability problem of MHD Taylor-Couette flows with toroidal magnetic fields is considered in dependence on the magnetic Prandtl number. Only the most uniform (but not current-free) field with B\_in = B\_out has been considered. For high enough Hartmann numbers the toroidal field is always unstable. Rigid rotation, however, stabilizes the magnetic (kink-)instability. The axial current which drives the instability is reduced by the electromotive force induced by the instability itself. Numerical simulations are presented to probe this effect as a possibility to measure the turbulent conductivity in a laboratory. It is shown numerically that in a sodium experiment (without rotation) an eddy diffusivity 4 times the molecular diffusivity appears resulting in a potential difference of ~34 mV/m. If the cylinders are rotating then also the eddy viscosity can be measured. Nonlinear simulations of the instability lead to a turbulent magnetic Prandtl number of 2.1 for a molecular magnetic Prandtl number of 0.01. The trend goes to higher values for smaller Pm.

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