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dc.contributor.authorDritschel, David Gerard
dc.contributor.authorDiamond, P.H.
dc.contributor.authorTobias, S.M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-14T23:38:35Z
dc.date.available2019-04-14T23:38:35Z
dc.date.issued2018-12-25
dc.identifier.citationDritschel , D G , Diamond , P H & Tobias , S M 2018 , ' Circulation conservation and vortex breakup in magnetohydrodynamics at low magnetic Prandtl number ' , Journal of Fluid Mechanics , vol. 857 , pp. 38-60 . https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2018.719en
dc.identifier.issn0022-1120
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 255651359
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 34da0842-1e0d-499f-8eac-c14d3adc5e4c
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85055115168
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000447314300002
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-6489-3395/work/64697744
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/17520
dc.descriptionFunding: UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/H001794/1).en
dc.description.abstractIn this paper we examine the role of weak magnetic fields in breaking Kelvin’s circulation theorem and in vortex breakup in two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics for the physically important case of a fluid with low magnetic Prandtl number (low Pm ). We consider three canonical inviscid solutions for the purely hydrodynamical problem, namely a Gaussian vortex, a circular vortex patch and an elliptical vortex patch. We examine how magnetic fields lead to an initial loss of circulation Γ and attempt to derive scaling laws for the loss of circulation as a function of field strength and diffusion as measured by two non-dimensional parameters. We show that for all cases the loss of circulation depends on the integrated effects of the Lorentz force, with the patch cases leading to significantly greater circulation loss. For the case of the elliptical vortex, the loss of circulation depends on the total area swept out by the rotating vortex, and so this leads to more efficient circulation loss than for a circular vortex.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Fluid Mechanicsen
dc.rights© 2018, Cambridge University Press. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created accepted version manuscript following peer review and as such may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2018.719en
dc.subjectContour dynamicsen
dc.subjectMHD and electrohydrodynamicsen
dc.subjectVortex dynamicsen
dc.subjectQA Mathematicsen
dc.subjectQC Physicsen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subject.lccQAen
dc.subject.lccQCen
dc.titleCirculation conservation and vortex breakup in magnetohydrodynamics at low magnetic Prandtl numberen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorEPSRCen
dc.description.versionPostprinten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotlanden
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Instituteen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Applied Mathematicsen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2018.719
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2019-04-15
dc.identifier.grantnumberEP/H001794/1en


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