Three-Dimensional Plasma Diffusion in a Very Strong Magnetic Field

1972 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 815 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Montgomery
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Strong Magnetic Field ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Plasma Diffusion

Three-Dimensional Numerical Analysis for Convection of Air in a Bore Space of a Superconducting Magnet

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Tomita ◽  
M. Kaneda ◽  
T. Tagawa ◽  
H. Ozoe
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Numerical Analysis ◽  
Strong Magnetic Field ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Superconducting Magnet ◽  
Constant Heat Flux ◽  
Constant Heat ◽  
Magnetizing Force

Three-dimensional numerical computations were carried out for the natural convection of air in a horizontal cylindrical enclosure in a magnetic field, which is modeled for a bore space of a horizontal superconducting magnet. The enclosure was cooled from the circumferential sidewall at the constant heat flux and vertical end walls were thermally insulated. A strong magnetic field was considered by a one-turn electric coil with the concentric and twice diameter of the cylinder. Without a magnetic field, natural convection occurs along the circumferential sidewall. When a magnetic field was applied, magnetizing force induced the additional convection, that is, the cooled air at the circumferential wall was attracted to the location of a coil. Consequently, the temperature around the coil decreased extensively.

scholarly journals Three-dimensional dusty plasma in a strong magnetic field: Observation of rotating dust tori

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 063701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mangilal Choudhary ◽  
Roman Bergert ◽  
Slobodan Mitic ◽  
Markus H. Thoma
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Strong Magnetic Field ◽  
Dusty Plasma ◽  
Field Observation ◽  
Three Dimensional

scholarly journals Linear stability of magnetohydrodynamic flow in a square duct with thin conducting walls

2015 ◽  
Vol 788 ◽  
pp. 129-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jānis Priede ◽  
Thomas Arlt ◽  
Leo Bühler
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Strong Magnetic Field ◽  
Linear Stability ◽  
Critical Reynolds Number ◽  
Metal Flow ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Transverse Magnetic ◽  
Base Flow ◽  
Square Duct

This study is concerned with the numerical linear stability analysis of liquid-metal flow in a square duct with thin electrically conducting walls subject to a uniform transverse magnetic field. We derive an asymptotic solution for the base flow that is valid for not only high but also moderate magnetic fields. This solution shows that, for low wall conductance ratios $c\ll 1$, an extremely strong magnetic field with Hartmann number $\mathit{Ha}\sim c^{-4}$ is required to attain the asymptotic flow regime considered in previous studies. We use a vector streamfunction–vorticity formulation and a Chebyshev collocation method to solve the eigenvalue problem for three-dimensional small-amplitude perturbations in ducts with realistic wall conductance ratios $c=1$, 0.1 and 0.01 and Hartmann numbers up to $10^{4}$. As for similar flows, instability in a sufficiently strong magnetic field is found to occur in the sidewall jets with characteristic thickness ${\it\delta}\sim \mathit{Ha}^{-1/2}$. This results in the critical Reynolds number and wavenumber increasing asymptotically with the magnetic field as $\mathit{Re}_{c}\sim 110\mathit{Ha}^{1/2}$ and $k_{c}\sim 0.5\mathit{Ha}^{1/2}$. The respective critical Reynolds number based on the total volume flux in a square duct with $c\ll 1$ is $\overline{\mathit{Re}}_{c}\approx 520$. Although this value is somewhat larger than $\overline{\mathit{Re}}_{c}\approx 313$ found by Ting et al. (Intl J. Engng Sci., vol. 29 (8), 1991, pp. 939–948) for the asymptotic sidewall jet profile, it still appears significantly lower than the Reynolds numbers at which turbulence is observed in experiments as well as in direct numerical simulations of this type of flow.

Electrostatic plasma turbulence Part 1. Turbulent plasma diffusion across a magnetic field

1976 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. C. Barr ◽  
T. J. M. Boyd
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Particle Energy ◽  
Dimensional Model ◽  
Fluctuation Spectrum ◽  
Three Dimensional Model ◽  
Continuous Transition ◽  
Strong Magnetic Fields ◽  
Plasma Diffusion ◽  
The Magnetic Field

The turbulent diffusion of plasma across a magnetic field is studied theoretically using a three-dimensional model which includes the full dynamics of the diffusing particles and which is valid for arbitrary magnetic field strengths. The theory is confined to perpendicular turbulence, i.e. where the build-up of the fluctuations lies primarily in the plane perpendicular to the magnetic field (although it is more generally applicable). A single expression for the diffusion is derived in terms of the fluctuation spectrum, particle energy, the dispersion characteristics of the excited modes and the magnetic field. Earlier results for equilibrium plasmas are confirmed. We demonstrate the continuous transition from anomalous (1/B) diffusion in regimes of low fluctuation levels (or strong magnetic fields) to classical (1/B2) diffusion in regimes where the fluctuation level destroys the coherence sustained by the magnetic field. In this latter regime, the particles behave as if unmagnetized except for a turbulent drift which appears in the presence of anisotropic spectra.

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