MHD in von Kármán swirling flows, development and first run of the sodium experiment
Résumé
We 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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Physique Générale [physics.gen-ph]Origine | Fichiers produits par l'(les) auteur(s) |
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