Low-Prandtl-number Bénard-Marangoni convection in a vertical magnetic field

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DOI10.1007/S00162-009-0138-1zbMATH Open1234.76025arXiv0906.5466OpenAlexW2150596734MaRDI QIDQ407748FDOQ407748


Authors: Thomas Boeck Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 27 March 2012

Published in: Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The effect of a homogeneous magnetic field on surface-tension-driven B'{e}nard convection is studied by means of direct numerical simulations. The flow is computed in a rectangular domain with periodic horizontal boundary conditions and the free-slip condition on the bottom wall using a pseudospectral Fourier-Chebyshev discretization. Deformations of the free surface are neglected. Two- and three-dimensional flows are computed for either vanishing or small Prandtl number, which are typical of liquid metals. The main focus of the paper is on a qualitative comparison of the flow states with the non-magnetic case, and on the effects associated with the possible near-cancellation of the nonlinear and pressure terms in the momentum equations for two-dimensional rolls. In the three-dimensional case, the transition from a stationary hexagonal pattern at the onset of convection to three-dimensional time-dependent convection is explored by a series of simulations at zero Prandtl number.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0906.5466




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