Pietersen, Frank (2022) Verification of resistivemhdFoam as an MHD Solver for the 3D Orszag-Tang Vortex and Hartmann Duct Flow. Bachelor's Thesis, Physics.
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Abstract
Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) fluid simulations have the potential to tap into a wealth of knowledge on fusion plasma dynamics at a fraction of the cost of experiments. OpenFOAM is a highly-flexible, open-source CFD software that provides the standard MHD solver mhd- Foam. An adaptation of this solver, called resistivemhdFoam, was used by Gonz ́alez et al., 2020 on a toroidal domain and further studied by Jacoberger, 2021 on toroidal and cylin- drical domains under fusion conditions. This is the first study that aims to investigate the viability of resistivemhdFoam as an MHD solver. mhdFoam and resitivemhdFoam were stud- ied over the 3D Orszag-Tang Vortex (OTV) benchmark with ν = λ = 0.02 and Hartmann duct flows with Ha = 5, 10, 20, 50, 100. It was found that resistivemhdFoam matches mhd- Foam in OTV simulations excellently. Both were found to agree well with literature. All Hartmann profiles simulated by mhdFoam decently matched literature. resistivemhdFoam showed poor profiles for Ha = 5, but conformed excellently to theory for Ha ≥ 20 numbers, outperforming mhdFoam for Ha = 20.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor's Thesis) |
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| Supervisor name: | Verstappen, R.W.C.P. and Onck, P.R. |
| Degree programme: | Physics |
| Thesis type: | Bachelor's Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Jul 2022 11:18 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Jul 2022 11:18 |
| URI: | https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/27794 |
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