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Magnetohydrodynamic Implosion Symmetry and Suppression of Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability in an Octahedrally Symmetric Field
Physical Review Fluids
  • Wouter Mostert, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Dale I. Pullin
  • Vincent Wheatley
  • Ravi Samtaney
Abstract

We present numerical simulations of ideal magnetohydrodynamics showing suppression of the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in spherical implosions in the presence of an octahedrally symmetric magnetic field. This field configuration is of interest owing to its high degree of spherical symmetry in comparison with previously considered dihedrally symmetric fields. The simulations indicate that the octahedral field suppresses the instability comparably to the other previously considered candidate fields for light-heavy interface accelerations while retaining a highly symmetric underlying flow even at high field strengths. With this field, there is a reduction in the root-mean-square perturbation amplitude of up to approximately 50% at representative time under the strongest field tested while maintaining a homogeneous suppression pattern compared to the other candidate fields.

Department(s)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
  • Compressible flows,
  • Magnetohydrodynamics,
  • Richtmyer-Meshkov instability
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2017 American Physical Society (APS), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
1-26-2017
Publication Date
26 Jan 2017
Citation Information
Wouter Mostert, Dale I. Pullin, Vincent Wheatley and Ravi Samtaney. "Magnetohydrodynamic Implosion Symmetry and Suppression of Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability in an Octahedrally Symmetric Field" Physical Review Fluids Vol. 2 Iss. 1 (2017) ISSN: 2469-990X
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/wouter-mostert/12/