US-Germany Cooperative Research: Flows of Electrically Conducting Fluids in the Presence of Strong Magnetic Fields

0338713 Zikanov该奖项支持奥列格Zikanov和学生从迪尔伯恩大学与安德烈Thess的机械工程系在伊尔梅瑙技术大学，德国的合作。 该项目将促进对受磁场影响的导电液体的湍流和层流的理解。 主要注意力将放在各向异性manetohydrodynamic湍流和界面不稳定性在浅两层系统的导电液体。 这些研究对连铸生产钢和电解还原生产原铝具有重要意义。 合作活动的好处源于伊尔梅瑙的中强磁场实验和迪尔伯恩的高性能直接数值模拟和大涡模拟计算的协调。 预期的结果包括，数值支持的实验设计和测量结果的评价，并使用实验数据验证的数值模型和经验模型常数的评价。 研究的国际层面将对这两个机构的研究环境产生重大影响，并将对参与该项目的初级教师，博士后研究人员和学生的职业发展产生积极影响。

0338713ZikanovThis award supports Oleg Zikanov and students from the University of Michigan-Dearborn in a collaboration with Andre Thess of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany. The project will advance understanding of turbulent and laminar flows of electrically conducting liquids affected by magnetic fields. Primary attention will be paid to anisotropic manetohydrodynamic turbulence and interface instability in shallow two-layer systems of electrically conducting liquids. Those subjects are important for continuous casting of steel and production of primary aluminum in the electrolytic reduction process. The benefits of the collaborative activities stem from the coordination of moderate and high magnetic field experiments in Ilmenau and high-performance direct numerical simulation and large eddy simulation calculations in Dearborn. The expected results include, numerical support for the design of experiments and evaluation of measured results, and use of experimental data for verification of numerical models and evaluation of empirical model constants. The international dimension of the research will have significant impact on the research environment at both institutions and will positively affect the career development of junior faculties, post-doctoral researchers and students involved in the project.