Vinodh Bandaru

Vinodh Bandaru
  • PhD
  • PostDoc Position at Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

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Current institution
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
Current position
  • PostDoc Position
Additional affiliations
January 2013 - December 2015
Technische Universität Ilmenau
Position
  • PhD Student

Publications

Publications (14)
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In the field of magnetohydrodynamics, turbulent duct flows in a transverse magnetic field are of considerable interest. Their velocity fields exhibit electromagnetic boundary layers and anisotropy due to damping of turbulent fluctuations by the Lorentz force. The weak induced magnetic field is slaved to the velocity field (quasistatic limit) in lab...
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Three-dimensional turbulent magnetohydrodynamic flow in a duct with a square cross section and insulating walls is investigated by direct numerical simulations. The flow evolves in the presence of a uniform vertical magnetic field and is driven by an applied mean pressure gradient. A boundary element technique is applied to treat the magnetic field...
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The boundary layer structure of the velocity and temperature fields in turbulent Rayleigh-Benard flows in closed cylindrical cells of unit aspect ratio is revisited from a transitional and turbulent viscous boundary layer perspective. When the Rayleigh number is large enough, the dynamics at the bottom and top plates can be separated into an impact...
Preprint
The boundary layer structure of the velocity and temperature fields in turbulent Rayleigh-Benard flows in closed cylindrical cells of unit aspect ratio is revisited from a transitional and turbulent viscous boundary layer perspective. When the Rayleigh number is large enough, the dynamics at the bottom and top plates can be separated into an impact...
Conference Paper
The application of a uniform external magnetic field on the turbulent duct flow of an electrically conducting fluid leads to several interesting changes in the structure and the mean charateristics of the flow. This is fairly well understood from the existing studies of duct flows in the low magnetic Reynolds number (Rm) limit. In this paper, we pr...
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In this paper, we investigate the transient response of Lorentz force at finite magnetic Reynolds numbers Rm on an electrically conducting rectangular bar that is strongly accelerated in the presence of a localized magnetic field. This is done through numerical simulations utilizing a coupled finite-difference boundary element approach. The results...
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We present results from numerical reconstructions of magnetic obstacle experiments performed in liquid metal flows. The experimental setup consists of an open rectangular container filled with a thin layer of liquid metal (GaInSn). A permanent magnet is installed on a rail beneath the container and is moved with a constant velocity U0, which in tur...
Conference Paper
We present results from numerical reconstructions of magnetic obstacle experiments in which a moving permanent magnet drives a free-surface flow in a container filled with liquid metal (GaInSn). The results cover different flow regimes, such as stationary (in the reference system of the moving magnet) so-called six vortex structures, as well as tim...
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A conservative coupled finite difference-boundary element computational procedure for the simulation of turbulent magnetohydrodynamic flow in a straight rectangular duct at finite magnetic Reynolds number is presented. The flow is assumed to be periodic in the streamwise direction and is driven by a mean pressure gradient. The duct walls are consid...
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A conservative coupled finite difference-boundary element computational procedure for the simulation of turbulent magnetohydrodynamic flow in a straight rectangular duct at finite magnetic Reynolds number is presented. The flow is assumed to be periodic in the streamwise direction and is driven by a mean pressure gradient. The duct walls are consid...
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The dynamics in the thin boundary layers of temperature and velocity is the key to a deeper understanding of turbulent transport of heat and momentum in thermal convection. The velocity gradient at the hot and cold plates of a Rayleigh-B\'{e}nard convection cell forms the two-dimensional skin friction field and is related to the formation of therma...
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We consider a plane channel flow of an electrically conducting fluid which is driven by a mean pressure gradient in the presence of an applied magnetic field that is streamwise periodic with zero mean. Magnetic flux expulsion and the associated bifurcation in such a configuration is explored using direct numerical simulations (DNS). The structure o...
Conference Paper
A coupled finite difference-boundary element computational procedure for the simulation of turbulent liquid metal flow in a straight rectangular duct in the presence of an externally imposed magnetic field at finite magnetic Reynolds number (R m) is presented. Periodicity is assumed in the streamwise direction and the duct walls are considered to b...
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In an embodiment, a system includes: a casing for surrounding at least a portion of a rotor, and enclosing a volume of a cooling gas thereabout, the casing including a plurality of static seals; an end housing at each end of the casing, each end housing including a seal system through which the rotor extends, wherein a portion of cooling gas escape...

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