The evolution of non-linear disturbances in magnetohydrodynamic flows

Alexander Proskurin, Anatoly Sagalakov

Published 2019-02-21Version 1

In this article the stability loss of the Hartmann flow are investigated by applying the equations for disturbances. The velocity and electric potential quasi-static MHD model is used. The equations allow us to calculate time-dependent disturbance fields using a base flow and an initial disturbance. Two type of initial perturbations are considered: the eigenfunction of the linearized MHD equations and a fluid injection into the flow. These two approaches lead to identical stability results. However, we found a significant difference in the practical implementation of the two approaches. Dealing with the eigenproblem of the linearized MHD system is a laborious task. In terms of calculation costs it is equal to a series of nonlinear perturbation simulations, and if the Hartmann number is increased, the proportion becomes worse. The non-linear stability analysis produced by these two methods shows that the injection technique can also be used in numerical analysis, and that this method is less expensive in terms of calculation costs.