We investigate the dynamics of a von Karman plasma (VKP) flow, a flow in a cylindrical cavity between rotating discs. In close collaboration with the team of Nicolas Plihon (Physics Lab, ENS de Lyon), experiments and simulations are carried out to understand the interaction between a magnetic field and a plasma for a wide range of Prandtl and Reynolds numbers.
Staff involved : W. Bos, F. Godeferd. Collaboration : N. Plihon (Lab.$\,\varphi$ ENS de Lyon)
References
Article dans J. Plasma Phys. (2015)
Flow dynamics and magnetic induction in the von-Kármán plasma experiment
N. Plihon, G. Bousselin, F. Palermo, J. Morales, W. J. T. Bos, F. Godeferd, M. Bourgoin, J.-F. Pinton, M. Moulin & A. Aanesland
The von-Kármán plasma experiment is a novel versatile experimental device designed to explore the dynamics of basic magnetic induction processes and the dynamics of flows driven in weakly (...)