Dynamos: from an astrophysical model to laboratory experiments

DD Sokoloff, RA Stepanov, PG Frick - Physics-Uspekhi, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic field generation and evolution in celestial bodies—the subject matter of the theory
of the dynamo—held Ya B Zeldovich's interest for years. Over the time since then, the study …

Magnetohydrodynamic experiments on cosmic magnetic fields

F Stefani, A Gailitis, G Gerbeth - ZAMM‐Journal of Applied …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
It is widely known that cosmic magnetic fields, ie the fields of planets, stars, and galaxies, are
produced by the hydromagnetic dynamo effect in moving electrically conducting fluids. It is …

The von Kármán sodium experiment: turbulent dynamical dynamos

R Monchaux, M Berhanu, S Aumaître, A Chiffaudel… - Physics of …, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
The von Kármán Sodium (VKS) experiment studies dynamo action in the flow generated
inside a cylinder filled with liquid sodium by the rotation of coaxial impellers (the von Kármán …

The inter-scale energy budget in a von Kármán mixing flow

AN Knutsen, P Baj, JM Lawson… - Journal of Fluid …, 2020 - cambridge.org
A detailed assessment of the inter-scale energy budget of the turbulent flow in a von Kármán
mixing tank has been performed based on two extensive experimental data sets …

Динамо: на пути от астрофизических моделей к лабораторному эксперименту

ДД Соколов, РА Степанов, ПГ Фрик - Успехи физических наук, 2014 - ufn.ru
Вопрос о возникновении и последующей эволюции магнитных полей небесных тел,
составляющий предмет теории динамо, интересовал ЯБ Зельдовича многие годы. За …

Laboratory dynamo experiments

G Verhille, N Plihon, M Bourgoin, P Odier… - Planetary Magnetism, 2009 - Springer
Since the turn of the century, experiments have produced laboratory fluid dynamos that
enable a study of the effect in controlled conditions. We review here magnetic induction …

[图书][B] Large-scale perturbations of magnetohydrodynamic regimes: linear and weakly nonlinear stability theory

V Zheligovsky - 2011 - books.google.com
New developments for hydrodynamical dynamo theory have been spurred by recent
evidence of self-sustained dynamo activity in laboratory experiments with liquid metals. The …

Subcritical dynamo bifurcation in the Taylor-Green flow

Y Ponty, JP Laval, B Dubrulle, F Daviaud, JF Pinton - Physical review letters, 2007 - APS
We report direct numerical simulations of dynamo generation for flow generated using a
Taylor-Green forcing. We find that the bifurcation is subcritical and show its bifurcation …

The dynamics of unforced turbulence at high Reynolds number for Taylor–Green vortices generalized to MHD

A Pouquet, E Lee, ME Brachet, PD Mininni… - Geophysical and …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
We study decaying magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) turbulence stemming from the evolution
of the Taylor–Green flow generalized recently to MHD, with equal viscosity and magnetic …

Flow dynamics and magnetic induction in the von-Karman plasma experiment

N Plihon, G Bousselin, F Palermo, J Morales… - Journal of Plasma …, 2015 - cambridge.org
The von-Kármán plasma experiment is a novel versatile experimental device designed to
explore the dynamics of basic magnetic induction processes and the dynamics of flows …