Context. The MHD instabilities can generate complex field topologies even if the initial field configuration is a very simple one. Aims. We consider the stability properties of magnetic configurations containing a toroidal and an axial field. In this paper, we concentrate mainly on the behavior of non-axisymmetric perturbations in axisymmetric magnetic configurations. Methods. The stability is ...

Title of Document: Measurements of Soot Temperature in a Diffusion Flame Using a Digital Camera Jose Castillo Moreno, Master of Science, 2012 Directed by: Peter B. Sunderland, Associate Professor, Department of Fire Protection Engineering Temperatures were measured in a laminar axisymmetric diffusion flame with a digital camera. The camera was a Nikon D700, modified to remove the Infra-Red (IR)...

[1] Density variations due to changes in bulk chemistry in the lowermost mantle play an important role in the dynamics and chemistry of plumes. In this study we perform a series of high-resolution numerical experiments in an axisymmetric spherical shell to systematically investigate the formation of plumes from a thermochemical boundary layer and the entrainment of the dense material by plumes....

Mature spiral galaxies consist of stars, gases and plasma distributed approximately in a thin disk of circular shape. The rotation velocities quickly increase from the galactic center and then achieve a constant velocity from the core to the periphery. The basic dynamic behavior of mature spiral galaxies are well described by simple models balancing Newtonian gravitational forces against the ce...

Growth of Rayleigh-Taylor (R-T) instabilities under the axisymmetric explosion are investigated by two-dimensional hydrodynamical calculations. The degree of the axisymmetric explosion and amplitude of the initial perturbation are varied parametrically to find the most favorable parameter for reproducing the observed line profile of heavy elements. It is found that spherical explosion can not p...

This report describes a modiication of the orthogonal function Poisson solver for n-body simulations that minimizes relaxation caused by small particle number uctuations. With the standard algorithm, the noise leading to relaxation can be reduced by making the expansion basis similar to the particle distribution and by carefully choosing the maximum order in the expansion. The proposed algorith...

The planar and axisymmetric variable-density flows induced in a quiescent gas by a concentrated source of momentum that is simultaneously either a source or a sink of energy are investigated for application to the description of the velocity and temperature far fields in laminar gaseous jets with either large or small values of the initial jet-to-ambient temperature ratio. The source fluxes of ...