dc.contributor.author | Kassinos, Stavros C. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Knaepen, B. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Wray, A. | en |
dc.creator | Kassinos, Stavros C. | en |
dc.creator | Knaepen, B. | en |
dc.creator | Wray, A. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-06T12:23:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-05-06T12:23:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/7/48461 | |
dc.description.abstract | We consider homogeneous turbulence in a conducting fluid that is exposed to a uniform external magnetic field while being sheared in fixed and rotating frames. We take both the frame-rotation axis and the applied magnetic field to be aligned in the direction normal to the plane of the mean shear. We find that a key parameter determining the structural morphology of the flow is the ratio of the time scale of the mean shear to the Joule time, τ shear/τ m. When τ shear ≪ τ m, we find that the turbulence structures tend to align preferentially with the streamwise direction irrespective of the magnetic Reynolds number, R m. When τ shear ≫ τ m, we find that at low R m the turbulent eddies become elongated and aligned with the magnetic field, but at moderately high R m, there is partial streamwise alignment of the eddies. When τ shear ≈ τ m, we find that competing mechanisms tend to produce different structural anisotropies, and small variations in dimensionless parameters can have a strong effect on the structure of the evolving flow. For example, at R m ≪ 1, a preferential alignment of structures in the direction of the magnetic field emerges as the flow evolves, consistent with the predictions of the quasi-static approach. For R m ∼ 1, the structures are found to be equally aligned in the streamwise and spanwise direction at large times. However, when R m is moderately high (10 ≲ R m ≲ 50) this strong spanwise alignment is replaced by a preferential alignment of structures in the streamwise direction. Counter to intuition, we found evidence that strong rotation in combination with a spanwise magnetic field tends to promote a streamwise alignment of the eddies, at least when τ shear ≈ τ m. © 2006 Taylor & Francis. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.source | Journal of Turbulence | en |
dc.subject | Statistical methods | en |
dc.subject | Reynolds number | en |
dc.subject | Turbulent flow | en |
dc.subject | Anisotropy | en |
dc.subject | Turbulence | en |
dc.subject | Magnetic fields | en |
dc.subject | Magnetohydrodynamics | en |
dc.subject | Morphology | en |
dc.subject | flow structure | en |
dc.title | Statistical measures of structural anisotropy in MHD turbulence subjected to mean shear and frame rotation | en |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/14685240600635846 | |
dc.description.volume | 7 | |
dc.description.startingpage | 1 | |
dc.description.endingpage | 14 | |
dc.author.faculty | Πολυτεχνική Σχολή / Faculty of Engineering | |
dc.author.department | Τμήμα Μηχανικών Μηχανολογίας και Κατασκευαστικής / Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering | |
dc.type.uhtype | Article | en |
dc.contributor.orcid | Kassinos, Stavros C. [0000-0002-3501-3851] | |
dc.description.totalnumpages | 1-14 | |
dc.gnosis.orcid | 0000-0002-3501-3851 | |