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A limited mobility nonequilibrium solid-on-solid dynamical model for kinetic surface growth is introduced as a simple description for the morphological evolution of a growing interface under random vapor deposition and surface diffusion…

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We carry out a computational experiment inspired by a physical experiment by Ouellette and Gollub (PRL 99, 194502 (2007)) where a topological transition of the velocity field in a fluid flow is generated by a grid of magnets. At a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2010-03-25 Morten Brøns , Anders Skajaa , Ove Skovgaard

Active nematics, formed from a liquid crystalline suspension of active force dipoles, are a paradigmatic active matter system whose study provides insights into how chemical driving produces the cellular mechanical forces essential for…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-11-15 Carlos Floyd , Aaron R. Dinner , Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan

The generation and evolution of astrophysical magnetic fields occurs largely through the action of turbulence. In many situations, the magnetic field is strong enough to influence many important properties of turbulence itself. Numerical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ellen G. Zweibel , Fabian Heitsch , Yuhong Fan

A numerical study of the magnetic induction equation has been performed on von Karman type flows. These flows are generated by two co-axial counter-rotating propellers in cylindrical containers. Such devices are currently used in the von…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-10 L. Marie , J. Burguete , F. Daviaud , J. Leorat

We characterize two-dimensional (2D) microtubule-based active nematics driven by light-responsive kinesin motor clusters. We assess two constructs of optogenetic kinesin: opto-K401, a processive motor, and opto-K365, a non-processive motor.…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-03-07 Zahra Zarei , John Berezney , Alexander Hensley , Linnea Lemma , Nesrin Senbil , Zvonimir Dogic , Seth Fraden

Numerical MHD simulations play increasingly important role for understanding mechanisms of stellar magnetism. We present simulations of convection and dynamos in density-stratified rotating spherical fluid shells. We employ a new 3D…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-03 Radostin D. Simitev , Alexander G. Kosovichev , Friedrich H. Busse

We study the three-dimensional spontaneous flow transition of an active nematic in an infinite slab geometry using a combination of numerics and analytics. We show that it is determined by the interplay of two eigenmodes -- called S- and…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-10-31 Vincenzo J. Pratley , Enej Caf , Miha Ravnik , Gareth P. Alexander

Progress toward understanding principles of nonlinear growth and saturation of large scale magnetic fields has emerged from comparison of theoretical models that incorporate the evolution of magnetic helicity with numerical simulations for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Kiwan Park , E. G. Blackman

We present results of three-dimensional (3D) simulations of the magnetohydrodynamic Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in a stratified shear layer. The magnetic field is taken to be uniform and parallel to the shear flow. We describe the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Brüggen , W. Hillebrandt

In this paper we explore the numerical study. of the Nonlinear Behavior of Suspension Bridge Models. The study of suspension bridges is one of the classic problems of mechanical vibrations, one of the most famous collapses of which was that…

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Some recent results and open issues in magnetic dynamo theory are addressed. The distinction between small-scale and mean-field dynamo (MFD) action in forced turbulent flows is emphasized. Though useful, the MFD has been controversial. This…

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Large-scale magnetic fields in stars and galaxies are thought to arise by mean-field dynamo action due to the combined influence of both helical turbulence and shear. Those systems are also highly conducting and the turbulence therein leads…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-05-22 Pallavi Bhat , Kandaswamy Subramanian , Axel Brandenburg

The transition to intermittent mean--field dynamos is studied using numerical simulations of isotropic magnetohydrodynamic turbulence driven by a helical flow. The low-Prandtl number regime is investigated by keeping the kinematic viscosity…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Erico L. Rempel , Michael R. E. Proctor , Abraham C. -L. Chian

Streamwise acceleration of the background flow field is one of various effects occurring when wind turbines operate under non-idealized conditions, such as in complex terrain or in dense wind farms. Thus, studying this effect is essential…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-10-28 Clemens Paul Zengler , Niels Troldborg , Mac Gaunaa

Curvature and helicity topological bounds for the magnetic energy of the streamlines magnetic structures of a kinematic dynamo flow are computed. The existence of the filament dynamos are determined by solving the magnetohydrodynamic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. C. Garcia de Andrade