Turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection in a strong vertical magnetic field

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Abstract: Direct numerical simulations are carried out to study flow structure and transport properties in turbulent Rayleigh-B'{e}nard convection in a cylindrical cell of aspect ratio one with an imposed axial magnetic field. Flows at the Prandtl number 0.025 and the Rayleigh and Hartmann numbers up to 109 and 1400 are considered. The results are consistent with those of earlier experimental and numerical data. As anticipated, the heat transfer rate and kinetic energy are suppressed by strong magnetic field. At the same time, their growth with the Rayleigh number is found to be faster in flows at high Hartmann numbers. This behaviour is attributed to the newly discovered flow regime characterized by prominent quasi two-dimensional structures reminiscent of vortex sheets observed earlier in simulations of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence. Rotating wall modes similar to those in the Rayleigh-B'{e}nard convection with rotation are found in flows near the Chandrasekhar linear stability limit. Detailed analysis of the spatial structure of the flows and its effect of global transport properties is reported.



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