TY - JOUR
T1 - Traveling waves in a magnetized Taylor-Couette flow
AU - Liu, Wei
AU - Goodman, Jeremy
AU - Ji, Hantao
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/7/19
Y1 - 2007/7/19
N2 - We investigate numerically a traveling wave pattern observed in experimental magnetized Taylor-Couette flow at low magnetic Reynolds number. By accurately modeling viscous and magnetic boundaries in all directions, we reproduce the experimentally measured wave patterns and their amplitudes. Contrary to previous claims, the waves are shown to be transiently amplified disturbances launched by viscous boundary layers, rather than globally unstable magnetorotational modes.
AB - We investigate numerically a traveling wave pattern observed in experimental magnetized Taylor-Couette flow at low magnetic Reynolds number. By accurately modeling viscous and magnetic boundaries in all directions, we reproduce the experimentally measured wave patterns and their amplitudes. Contrary to previous claims, the waves are shown to be transiently amplified disturbances launched by viscous boundary layers, rather than globally unstable magnetorotational modes.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevE.76.016310
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevE.76.016310
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34547342542
VL - 76
JO - Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
JF - Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
SN - 1539-3755
IS - 1
M1 - 016310
ER -