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Magnetic fields vary in complexity for different stars. The stability of dipolar magnetic fields is known to depend on different quantities, e.g., the stellar rotation, the stratification, and the intensity of convective motions. Here, we…

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We study intermittency as a departure from self-similarity of the solar wind magnetic turbulence and investigate the evolution with the heliocentric distance and latitude. We use data from the Ulysses spacecraft measured during two solar…

Space Physics · Physics 2016-08-24 Anna Wawrzaszek , Marius Echim , Wiesław M. Macek , Roberto Bruno

We propose an explanation for the onset of oscillations seen in numerical simulations of dense, inclined flows of inelastic, frictional spheres. It is based on a phase transition between disordered and ordered collisional states that may be…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-12-06 Danielle Tan , Patrick Richard , James T. Jenkins

In this study, the first observation of high-frequency instabilities driven by runaway electrons has been reported in the EXL-50 spherical torus using a high-frequency magnetic pickup coil. The central frequency of these instabilities is…

In a previous paper, we have reported numerical simulations of the MHD flow driven by a travelling magnetic field (TMF) in an annular channel, at low Reynolds number. It was shown that the stalling of such induction pump is strongly related…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-03-23 Paola Rodriguez Imazio , Christophe Gissinger

We investigate the stability of stratified fluid layers undergoing homogeneous and periodic tidal deformation. We first introduce a local model which allows to study velocity and buoyancy fluctuations in a Lagrangian domain periodically…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-03-14 Thomas Le Reun , Benjamin Favier , Michael Le Bars

The occurrence of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) quasiperiodic flows with four fundamental frequencies in differentially rotating spherical geometry is understood in terms of a sequence of bifurcations breaking the azimuthal symmetry of the flow…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-01-04 Ferran Garcia , Martin Seilmayer , André Giesecke , Frank Stefani

We study the stability of compressible cylindrical differentially rotating flow in the presence of the magnetic field, and show that compressibility alters qualitatively the stability properties of flows. Apart from the well-known…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Alfio Bonanno , Vadim Urpin

The impact of turbulent fluctuations on the forces exerted by a fluid on a towed spherical particle is investigated by means of high-resolution direct numerical simulations. The measurements are carried out using a novel scheme to integrate…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-11-21 Holger Homann , Jérémie Bec , Rainer Grauer

The no-slip boundary condition results in a velocity shear forming in fluid flow near a solid surface. This shear flow supports the turbulence characteristic of fluid flow near boundaries at Reynolds numbers above $\approx1000$ by making…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-08-28 Brian F. Farrell , Petros J. Ioannou , Marios-Andreas Nikolaidis

A delayed detached eddy simulation (DDES) of an overexpanded nozzle flow with shock-induced separation is carried out at a Reynolds number equal to 1.7 10^7. The flow unsteadiness, characterised by self-sustained shock oscillations, induces…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-06-24 E. Martelli , L. Saccoccio , P. P. Ciottoli , C. E. Tinney , W. J. Baars , M. Bernardini

To find the regularities of formed fingers in gravity driven coating flows on upper cylinder and sphere, the mathematical formulation to model the fingering instability on cylindrical or spherical surface which consists of a capillary wave…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-08-14 Shuo Hou

We investigate the linear Floquet stability of two fluid layers undergoing oscillations in the direction parallel to the flexible wall that separates them. This canonical configuration is inspired by the cerebrospinal fluid flow in the…

The rich structure that we observe in molecular clouds is due to the interplay between strong magnetic fields and supersonic (turbulent) velocity fluctuations. The velocity fluctuations interact with the magnetic field, causing it too to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-08-12 James R. Beattie , Christoph Federrath , Amit Seta

The present work reports an investigation into the statistical properties of wall-pressure fluctuations in a highly over-expanded nozzle flow, characterized by significant shock-induced flow separation. This regime is extremely hazardous to…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-12-16 Emanuele Martelli , Vincent Jaunet , Giacomo Della Posta , Matteo Bernardini

In this paper, the physics of flow instability and turbulent transition in shear flows is studied by analyzing the energy variation of fluid particles under the interaction of base flow with a disturbance. For the first time, a model…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-06-20 Hua-Shu Dou

We investigate numerically the time evolution of velocity and magnetic field fluctuations in a coronal loop, focusing on the dynamics due to both phase mixing and turbulent cascade. The intensity, doppler velocity and non-thermal broadening…

We investigate numerically kinematic dynamos driven by flow of electrically conducting fluid in the shell between two concentric differentially rotating spheres, a configuration normally referred to as spherical Couette flow. We compare…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-07 Xing Wei , Andrew Jackson , Rainer Hollerbach

This paper addresses the stability of plane Couette flow in the presence of strong density and viscosity stratifications. It demonstrates the existence of a generalised inflection point that satisfies the generalised Fjortoft's criterion of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-06-13 B. Bugeat , P. C. Boldini , A. M. Hasan , R. Pecnik

Direct numerical simulations of turbulent non-rotating and rotating Plane Couette Flow with a periodically modulated plate velocity are conducted to study the effect of modulated forcing on turbulent shear flows. The time averaged shear…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-05-24 M. Wasy Akhtar , Rodolfo Ostilla Mónico