刊名:Comptes Rendus de lAcademie des Sciences Series IIB Mechanics Physics Chemistry Astronomy
出版年:1998
出版时间:March, 1998
年:1998
卷:326
期:3
页码:185-190
全文大小:604 K
文摘
We study the flow of a liquid metal driven by thermal buoyancy in a cylindrical container. It is shown that an instability of the mixing-layer type is responsible for fluctuations of velocity and temperature when a critical value of the Grashof number is reached. This instability can be suppressed when a moderate rotating magnetic field is applied. It is shown that the Ekman pumping is responsible for the stabilisation of the initial buoyancy driven flow.