996 research outputs found
Induction in a von Karman flow driven by ferromagnetic impellers
We study magnetohydrodynamics in a von K\'arm\'an flow driven by the rotation
of impellers made of material with varying electrical conductivity and magnetic
permeability. Gallium is the working fluid and magnetic Reynolds numbers of
order unity are achieved. We find that specific induction effects arise when
the impeller's electric and magnetic characteristics differ from that of the
fluid. Implications in regards to the VKS dynamo are discussed.Comment: 14 pages, 7 figure
Magnetic field reversals in an experimental turbulent dynamo
We report the first experimental observation of reversals of a dynamo field
generated in a laboratory experiment based on a turbulent flow of liquid
sodium. The magnetic field randomly switches between two symmetric solutions B
and -B. We observe a hierarchy of time scales similar to the Earth's magnetic
field: the duration of the steady phases is widely distributed, but is always
much longer than the time needed to switch polarity. In addition to reversals
we report excursions. Both coincide with minima of the mechanical power driving
the flow. Small changes in the flow driving parameters also reveal a large
variety of dynamo regimes.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Transport of magnetic field by a turbulent flow of liquid sodium
We study the effect of a turbulent flow of liquid sodium generated in the von
K\'arm\'an geometry, on the localized field of a magnet placed close to the
frontier of the flow. We observe that the field can be transported by the flow
on distances larger than its integral length scale. In the most turbulent
configurations, the mean value of the field advected at large distance
vanishes. However, the rms value of the fluctuations increases linearly with
the magnetic Reynolds number. The advected field is strongly intermittent.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figure
Generation of magnetic field by dynamo action in a turbulent flow of liquid sodium
We report the observation of dynamo action in the VKS experiment, i.e., the
generation of magnetic field by a strongly turbulent swirling flow of liquid
sodium. Both mean and fluctuating parts of the field are studied. The dynamo
threshold corresponds to a magnetic Reynolds number Rm \sim 30. A mean magnetic
field of order 40 G is observed 30% above threshold at the flow lateral
boundary. The rms fluctuations are larger than the corresponding mean value for
two of the components. The scaling of the mean square magnetic field is
compared to a prediction previously made for high Reynolds number flows.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
A mesh adaptation strategy for complex wall-modeled turbomachinery LES
A mesh adaptation methodology for wall-modeled turbomachinery Large Eddy Simulation (LES) is proposed, simultaneously taking into account two quantities of interest: the average kinetic energy dissipation rate and the normalized wall distance y+. This strategy is first tested on a highly loaded transonic blade with separated flow, and is compared to wall-resolved LES results, as well as experimental data. The adaptation methodology allows to predict fairly well the boundary layer transition on the suction side and the recirculation bubble of the pressure side. The method is then tested on a real turbofan stage for which it is shown that the general operating point of the computation converges toward the experimental one. Furthermore, comparison of turbulence predictions with hot-wire anemometry show good agreement as soon as a first adaptation is performed, which confirms the efficiency of the proposed adaptation method
Effect of Sr substitution on superconductivity in Hg2(Ba1-ySry)2YCu2O8-d (part2): bond valence sum approach of the hole distribution
The effects of Sr substitution on superconductivity, and more particulary the
changes induced in the hole doping mechanism, were investigated in
Hg2(Ba1-ySry)2YCu2O8-d by a "bond valence sum" analysis with Sr content from y
= 0.0 to y = 1.0. A comparison with CuBa2YCu2O7-d and Cu2Ba2YCu2O8 systems
suggests a possible explanation of the Tc enhancement from 0 K for y = 0.0 to
42 K for y = 1.0. The charge distribution among atoms of the unit cell was
determined from the refined structure, for y = 0.0 to 1.0. It shows a charge
transfer to the superconducting CuO2 plane via two doping channels pi(1) and
pi(2), i.e. through O2(apical)-Cu and Ba/Sr-O1 bonds respectively.Comment: 13 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in Journal of Physics:
Condensed Matte
Similarity of slow stripe fluctations between Sr-doped cuprates and oxygen-doped nickelates
Stripe fluctuations in La2NiO4.17 have been studied by 139La NMR using the
field and temperature dependence of the linewidth and relaxation rates. In the
formation process of the stripes the NMR line intensity is maximal below 230K,
starts to diminish around 140K, disappears around 50K and recovers at 4K. These
results are shown to be consistent with, but completely complementary to
neutron measurements, and to be generic for oxygen doped nickelates and
underdoped cuprates.Comment: 4 pages including 4 figure
First time determination of the microscopic structure of a stripe phase: Low temperature NMR in La2NiO4.17
The experimental observations of stripes in superconducting cuprates and
insulating nickelates clearly show the modulation in charge and spin density.
However, these have proven to be rather insensitive to the harmonic structure
and (site or bond) ordering. Using 139La NMR in La2NiO4.17, we show that in the
1/3 hole doped nickelate below the freezing temperature the stripes are
strongly solitonic and site ordered with Ni3+ ions carrying S=1/2 in the domain
walls and Ni2+ ions with S=1 in the domains.Comment: 4 pages including 4 figure
MHD in von Kármán swirling flows, development and first run of the sodium experiment
URL: http://www-spht.cea.fr/articles/s01/004 MHD dans les écoulements de von Kármán | Collaboration VKSNATO Science Series II 26, 35-50 (2001). NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Dynamo and Dynamics, A Mathematical ChallengeWe describe the motivations, development and first run of the Von Kármán Sodium (VKS) experiment built to study high Reynolds number magnetohydrodynamics and applications to the dynamo effect. The flow is optimized using water experiments at scale 1/2 and kinematic dynamo simulations. In VKS run1, induction measurements are made in the presence of an externally applied field. Results are reported concerning the geometry of the induced field and its fluctuations in time
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