Numerical dynamo action in cylindrical containers

Caroline Nore (1) , Daniel Castanon Quiroz (1) , Jean-Luc Guermond (1) , Jacques Léorat (2) , Francky Luddens (1)

1 LIMSI - Laboratoire d'Informatique pour la Mécanique et les Sciences de l'Ingénieur
2 LUTH (UMR_8102) - Laboratoire Univers et Théories

The purpose of this paper is to present results from numerical simulations of dynamo action in relation with two magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) experiments using liquid sodium in cylindrical containers. The first one is the von Karman sodium (VKS) experiment from Cadarache (France), the second one is a precession-driven dynamo experiment from the DREsden sodium facility for DYNamo and thermohydraulic studies (DRESDYN).

Mots clés: Dynamo action; MHD

Domaines: Physique [physics]; Mécanique des fluides [physics.class-ph]

Caroline Nore, Daniel Castanon Quiroz, Jean-Luc Guermond, Jacques Léorat, Francky Luddens. Numerical dynamo action in cylindrical containers. European Physical Journal: Applied Physics, 2015, 70 (3), pp.11. ⟨10.1051/epjap/2015150049⟩. ⟨hal-02365472⟩