scholarly journals Cylindrically-Collimated, Self-Similar MHD Disk Outflows

1997 ◽  
Vol 163 ◽  
pp. 439-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eve C. Ostriker

AbstractWe describe the dynamics of a class of MHD winds from Keplerian-rotating disks. In this model, all flow velocities are assumed to vary self-similarly with spherical radius r as υ(r, θ) ∝ r−1/2, with density varying as ρ(r, θ) ∝ r−q for arbitrary q. At large distances from the disk, the wind is explicitly required to become cylindrically collimated. We find that the asymptotic wind solution has power-law scalings of all flow variables in the cylindrical radius R = r sin θ, and q < 1 is necessary. We describe how the Alfvén criticality condition limits the space of energy and angular momentum parameters defining these wind solutions. We present an example of the run of density, velocity, and magnetic field for a full solution of the wind equations, and compare the properties of these cylindrically-collimated wind solutions to previous work.

2020 ◽  
Vol 497 (2) ◽  
pp. 1634-1653 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmoud Gholipour

ABSTRACT Several recent simulation works in the non-ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) formalism have shown the importance of ambipolar diffusion (AD) within the protoplanetary discs (PPDs) at large radii. In this study, we model the time evolution of a polytropic PPD in the presence of the AD. In this regard, the non-ideal MHD equations are investigated in the outer region of a PPD where the magnetic field evolution is dominated by the AD. The self-similar solution technique is used for a polytropic fluid including the self-gravity and viscosity. The ambipolar diffusivity and its derivative are crucial for the formulation of this study. Hence, this variable is scaled by an important factor, that is the Elsasser number. The self-similar equations are derived, and the semi-analytical and numerical solutions are presented for the isothermal and polytropic cases. The analytical approach enables us to know the asymptotic behaviour of the physical variables in a PPD, such as the angular momentum and magnetic field. Furthermore, the coupling/decoupling of magnetic field with the angular momentum was discussed analytically to find a corresponding model for the angular momentum loss at large radii of a PPD. Regarding this approach, we found that the magnetic braking induced by the AD at large radii has a high potential to loss the angular momentum even if the turbulent viscosity is not efficient. Also, the sign and values of vertical velocity strongly depends on the sign and values of radial field in the polytropic case.


2018 ◽  
Vol 857 ◽  
pp. 508-538
Author(s):  
R. Corral ◽  
D. Romera

The unsteady laminar flow between two large rotating disks when one of them is impulsively started is described using the von Kármán similarity analysis to reduce the solution of the Navier–Stokes equations to a set of ordinary differential equations. It is found that the transient phenomenon consists of three distinct phases. Firstly, the development of the Ekman boundary layer, where a quasi-steady Stewartson-type of flow is created. Secondly, angular momentum is initially diffused in the axial direction until the inward radial convection of angular momentum becomes dominating. Thirdly, a Batchelor flow is created once the Bödewadt boundary layer is developed and the entrainment of disk and stator boundary layers are balanced. The dependences of the characteristic dimensionless times on the Reynolds number based on the cavity gap for the second and third stages have been identified numerically and analytically. It is found that the diffusive part of the transient is bypassed if the flow, initially at rest, is perturbed with a small circumferential velocity. The flow and heat transfer transient during a ramp of finite duration has been computed numerically. The integral angular momentum and energy balances of the cavity have been performed in order to understand the energy and momentum budget of the cavity. It is concluded that the spin-up and the spin-down process of a rotor–stator cavity using a quasi-stationary approximation of the fluid, where the time derivatives are neglected, is questionable for realistic gas turbine applications. Finally, the self-similar solution is compared against two-dimensional axisymmetric, steady and unsteady, laminar simulations to assess the limitations and validity of the self-similar analysis. It has been identified that in a closed squared cavity the outer shroud modifies the physics of the transient, but the general conclusions drawn from the one-dimensional model are still valid.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 5086
Author(s):  
Fatih Selimefendigil ◽  
Hakan F. Oztop ◽  
Ali J. Chamkha

Single and double impinging jets heat transfer of non-Newtonian power law nanofluid on a partly curved surface under the inclined magnetic field effects is analyzed with finite element method. The numerical work is performed for various values of Reynolds number (Re, between 100 and 300), Hartmann number (Ha, between 0 and 10), magnetic field inclination (γ, between 0 and 90), curved wall aspect ratio (AR, between 01. and 1.2), power law index (n, between 0.8 and 1.2), nanoparticle volume fraction (ϕ, between 0 and 0.04) and particle size in nm (dp, between 20 and 80). The amount of rise in average Nusselt (Nu) number with Re number depends upon the power law index while the discrepancy between the Newtonian fluid case becomes higher with higher values of power law indices. As compared to case with n = 1, discrepancy in the average Nu number are obtained as −38% and 71.5% for cases with n = 0.8 and n = 1.2. The magnetic field strength and inclination can be used to control the size and number or vortices. As magnetic field is imposed at the higher strength, the average Nu reduces by about 26.6% and 7.5% for single and double jets with n greater than 1 while it increases by about 4.78% and 12.58% with n less than 1. The inclination of magnetic field also plays an important role on the amount of enhancement in the average Nu number for different n values. The aspect ratio of the curved wall affects the flow field slightly while the average Nu variation becomes 5%. Average Nu number increases with higher solid particle volume fraction and with smaller particle size. At the highest particle size, it is increased by about 14%. There is 7% variation in the average Nu number when cases with lowest and highest particle size are compared. Finally, convective heat transfer performance modeling with four inputs and one output is successfully obtained by using Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Interface System (ANFIS) which provides fast and accurate prediction results.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amira Husni Talib ◽  
Ilyani Abdullah ◽  
Nik Nabilah Nik Mohd Naser

2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-283
Author(s):  
G. Nath

Abstract The approximate analytical solution for the propagation of gas ionizing cylindrical blast (shock) wave in a rotational axisymmetric non-ideal gas with azimuthal or axial magnetic field is investigated. The axial and azimuthal components of fluid velocity are taken into consideration and these flow variables, magnetic field in the ambient medium are assumed to be varying according to the power laws with distance from the axis of symmetry. The shock is supposed to be strong one for the ratio C 0 V s 2 ${\left(\frac{{C}_{0}}{{V}_{s}}\right)}^{2}$ to be a negligible small quantity, where C 0 is the sound velocity in undisturbed fluid and V S is the shock velocity. In the undisturbed medium the density is assumed to be constant to obtain the similarity solution. The flow variables in power series of C 0 V s 2 ${\left(\frac{{C}_{0}}{{V}_{s}}\right)}^{2}$ are expanded to obtain the approximate analytical solutions. The first order and second order approximations to the solutions are discussed with the help of power series expansion. For the first order approximation the analytical solutions are derived. In the flow-field region behind the blast wave the distribution of the flow variables in the case of first order approximation is shown in graphs. It is observed that in the flow field region the quantity J 0 increases with an increase in the value of gas non-idealness parameter or Alfven-Mach number or rotational parameter. Hence, the non-idealness of the gas and the presence of rotation or magnetic field have decaying effect on shock wave.


2019 ◽  
Vol 488 (4) ◽  
pp. 5713-5727
Author(s):  
Kuldeep Singh ◽  
Indranil Chattopadhyay

ABSTRACT We study relativistic magnetized outflows using relativistic equation of state having variable adiabatic index (Γ) and composition parameter (ξ). We study the outflow in special relativistic magnetohydrodynamic regime, from sub-Alfvénic to super-fast domain. We showed that, after the solution crosses the fast point, magnetic field collimates the flow and may form a collimation-shock due to magnetic field pinching/squeezing. Such fast, collimated outflows may be considered as astrophysical jets. Depending on parameters, the terminal Lorentz factors of an electron–proton outflow can comfortably exceed few tens. We showed that due to the transfer of angular momentum from the field to the matter, the azimuthal velocity of the outflow may flip sign. We also study the effect of composition (ξ) on such magnetized outflows. We showed that relativistic outflows are affected by the location of the Alfvén point, the polar angle at the Alfvén point and also the angle subtended by the field lines with the equatorial plane, but also on the composition of the flow. The pair dominated flow experiences impressive acceleration and is hotter than electron–proton flow.


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