Wall modes in magnetoconvection at high Hartmann numbers

DOI10.1017/JFM.2018.479zbMATH Open1415.76315arXiv1806.00132OpenAlexW3103629484WikidataQ129629610 ScholiaQ129629610MaRDI QIDQ4583005FDOQ4583005

Wenjun Liu, Dmitry Krasnov, Jörg Schumacher

Publication date: 27 August 2018

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Three-dimensional turbulent magnetoconvection at a Rayleigh number of $Ra=10^7$ in liquid gallium at a Prandtl number $Pr=0.025$ is studied in a closed square cell for very strong external vertical magnetic fields $B_0$ in direct numerical simulations which apply the quasistatic approximation. As $B_0$ or equivalently the Hartmann number $Ha$ are increased, the convection flow that is highly turbulent in the absence of magnetic fields crosses the Chandrasekhar linear stability limit for which thermal convection is ceased in an infinitely extended layer and which can be assigned with a critical Hartmann number $H{a}_{mc}$. Similar to rotating Rayleigh-B'{e}nard convection, our simulations reveal subcritical sidewall modes that maintain a small but finite convective heat transfer for $Ha>H{a}_{mc}$. We report a detailed analysis of the complex two-layer structure of these wall modes, their extension into the cell interior and a resulting sidewall boundary layer composition that is found to scale with the Shercliff layer thickness.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.00132

zbMATH Keywords

boundary layersmagnetoconvectionBénard convection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Forced convection (76R05) Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Convective turbulence (76F35)

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