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We consider a plane channel flow of an electrically conducting fluid which is driven by a mean pressure gradient in the presence of an applied magnetic field that is streamwise periodic with zero mean. Magnetic flux expulsion and the…
The identification of stream in the straight pipe as a flexible rod has allowed to present the criterion expression for determination of transition of the laminar flow regime to the turbulent as a loss of stability of the rectilinear static…
We present a data-driven approach to Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes turbulence closure modelling in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flows. In these flows the magnetic field interacting with the conductive fluid induces unconventional turbulence…
The focus of this study is to understand the evolution of instability in centrifugal buoyancy-induced flow in a rotating system. The problem is of interest in atmospheric flows as well as in engineering applications. In this study, we…
In this paper we consider the problem of a steady MHD flow of a non-Newtonian power-law and electrically conducting fluid in presence of an applied magnetic field. The boundary layer equations are solved in similarity form via the Lyapunov…
This work studies the three-dimensional flow dynamics around a rotating circular cylinder of finite length, whose axis is positioned perpendicular to the streamwise direction. Direct numerical simulations and global stability analyses are…
Numerical solutions of the incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations are reported for the interior of a rotating, perfectly-conducting, rigid spherical shell that is insulator-coated on the inside. A previously-reported spectral…
This paper reports on the investigation of combustion instabilities in a Methane air nonpremixed half dump combustor for different flow Reynolds number using Computational aero acoustic simulation. In order to simulate the flow physics…
Modal instabilities in a flow through a channel at high Reynolds and Mach numbers are studied for three-dimensional perturbations. In addition to the Tollmien-Schlichting modes, there exist higher modes in a channel flow that do not have a…
We study the flow response to an externally imposed homogeneous magnetic field in a turbulent swirling flow of liquid sodium -- the VKS2 experiment in which magnetic Reynolds numbers Rm up to 50 are reached. Induction effects are larger…
We formulate a general framework to study the flow of the electron liquid in two dimensions past a random array of impenetrable obstacles in the presence of a magnetic field. We derive a linear-response formula for the resistivity tensor…
We study the turbulent square duct flow of dense suspensions of neutrally-buoyant spherical particles. Direct numerical simulations (DNS) are performed in the range of volume fractions $\phi=0-0.2$, using the immersed boundary method (IBM)…
We show for the first time that sustained turbulence is possible at low magnetic Prandtl number for Keplerian flows with no mean magnetic flux. Our results indicate that increasing the vertical domain size is equivalent to increasing the…
The stratified inclined duct (SID) sustains an exchange flow in a long, gently sloping duct as a model for continuously-forced density-stratified flows such as those found in estuaries. Experiments have shown that the emergence of…
Despite the importance of the magnetorotational instability (MRI) as a fundamental mechanism for angular momentum transport in magnetized accretion disks, it has yet to be demonstrated in the laboratory. A liquid sodium alpha-omega dynamo…
An analytical method within the frame of linear stability theory is presented for the normal field instability in magnetic fluids. It allows to calculate the maximal growth rate and the corresponding wave number for any combination of…
We propose a single-step simplified lattice Boltzmann algorithm capable of performing magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow simulations in pipes for very small values of magnetic Reynolds numbers $R_m$. In some previous works, most lattice…
In the article the authors present a numerical method for modelling a laminar-turbulent transition in magnetohydrodynamic flows. The equations in the small magnetic Reynolds numbers approach is considered. Speed, pressure and electrical…
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…
We argue that magnetic flux-conservation in turbulent plasmas at high magnetic Reynolds numbers neither holds in the conventional sense nor is entirely broken, but instead is valid in a novel statistical sense associated to the "spontaneous…