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

0338713齐卡诺夫该奖项支持奥列格·齐卡诺夫和密歇根-迪尔伯恩大学的学生，他们与德国伊尔梅瑙工业大学机械工程系的安德烈·塞斯合作。该项目将促进对磁场影响下的导电液体的湍流和层流流动的理解。将主要关注浅层导电液体系统中的各向异性人-水动力湍流和界面不稳定性。这些课题对钢材连铸和原铝电解生产具有重要意义。合作活动的好处来自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。预期的结果包括为实验设计和测量结果评估提供数值支持，以及利用实验数据验证数值模型和评估经验模型常数。这项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，并将对初级学院、博士后研究人员和参与该项目的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.