On Nonlinear Stability of MHD Equilibrium Figures

2009 ◽  
pp. 301-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Padula
Keyword(s):  
Nonlinear Stability ◽  
Mhd Equilibrium ◽  
Equilibrium Figures

A Toroidal mhd Equilibrium with a Small Aspect Ratio

1969 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tihiro Ohkawa
Keyword(s):  
Aspect Ratio ◽  
Small Aspect Ratio ◽  
Mhd Equilibrium

scholarly journals Nonlinear stability of two-layer shallow water flows with a free surface

2020 ◽  
Vol 476 (2236) ◽  
pp. 20190594
Author(s):  
Francisco de Melo Viríssimo ◽  
Paul A. Milewski
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Initial Data ◽  
Nonlinear Stability ◽  
Mathematical Proof ◽  
Passive Layer ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Immiscible Fluid ◽  
Dimensional System ◽  
The Cauchy Problem ◽  
The Difference

The problem of two layers of immiscible fluid, bordered above by an unbounded layer of passive fluid and below by a flat bed, is formulated and discussed. The resulting equations are given by a first-order, four-dimensional system of PDEs of mixed-type. The relevant physical parameters in the problem are presented and used to write the equations in a non-dimensional form. The conservation laws for the problem, which are known to be only six, are explicitly written and discussed in both non-Boussinesq and Boussinesq cases. Both dynamics and nonlinear stability of the Cauchy problem are discussed, with focus on the case where the upper unbounded passive layer has zero density, also called the free surface case. We prove that the stability of a solution depends only on two ‘baroclinic’ parameters (the shear and the difference of layer thickness, the former being the most important one) and give a precise criterion for the system to be well-posed. It is also numerically shown that the system is nonlinearly unstable, as hyperbolic initial data evolves into the elliptic region before the formation of shocks. We also discuss the use of simple waves as a tool to bound solutions and preventing a hyperbolic initial data to become elliptic and use this idea to give a mathematical proof for the nonlinear instability.

Approach to MHD Equilibrium of Various Plasma Cross-Sections

1974 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 855-862
Author(s):  
Yasuo Suzuki
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Mhd Equilibrium

Weakly nonlinear stability of Hartmann boundary layers

2003 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 345-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Moresco ◽  
T. Alboussière
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layers ◽  
Nonlinear Stability ◽  
Weakly Nonlinear

scholarly journals Hamiltonian Approach to Magnetic Fields with Toroidal Surfaces

1985 ◽  
Vol 40 (10) ◽  
pp. 959-967
Author(s):  
A. Salat
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Hamiltonian System ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Constant Pressure ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Hamiltonian Approach ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Mhd Equilibrium ◽  
Magnetic Surfaces ◽  
Rotational Transform

The equivalence of magnetic field line equations to a one-dimensional time-dependent Hamiltonian system is used to construct magnetic fields with arbitrary toroidal magnetic surfaces I = const. For this purpose Hamiltonians H which together with their invariants satisfy periodicity constraints have to be known. The choice of H fixes the rotational transform η(I). Arbitrary axisymmetric fields, and nonaxisymmetric fields with constant η(I) are considered in detail.Configurations with coinciding magnetic and current density surfaces are obtained. The approach used is not well suited, however, to satisfying the additional MHD equilibrium condition of constant pressure on magnetic surfaces.

scholarly journals Optimal Stability Thresholds in Rotating Fully Anisotropic Porous Medium with LTNE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florinda Capone ◽  
Maurizio Gentile ◽  
Jacopo A. Gianfrani
Keyword(s):  
Porous Layer ◽  
Nonlinear Stability ◽  
Steady Motion ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Linear Instability ◽  
List Type ◽  
Nonlinear Stability Analysis ◽  
Onset Of Convection ◽  
Anisotropic Porous Medium ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient

Abstract The onset of thermal convection in an anisotropic horizontal porous layer heated from below and rotating about vertical axis, under local thermal non-equilibrium hypothesis is studied. Linear and nonlinear stability analysis of the conduction solution is performed. Coincidence between the linear instability and the global nonlinear stability thresholds with respect to the L2—norm is proved. Article Highlights A necessary and sufficient condition for the onset of convection in a rotating anisotropic porous layer has been obtained. It has been proved that convection can occur only through a steady motion. A detailed proof is reported thoroughly. Numerical analysis shows that permeability promotes convection, while thermal conductivities and rotation stabilize conduction.

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