Electromagnetic forcing of a flow with the azimuthal wave number m = 2 in cylindrical geometry

R. Stepanov^{1, 2} - F. Stefani³

¹ Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics,1 Acad. Korolyov str.,, 614013 Perm, Russia
² Perm National Research Polytechnic University, 614990 Perm, Russia
³ Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstr. 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany

Abstract
In this paper, we consider a liquid metal flow generated in a cylindrical volume by AC currents in various coil configurations. The final aim of this study is to design and optimize a Rayleigh-Bénard experiment with a large scale circulation, the helicity oscillation of which is synchronized by a periodically modulated tide-like m=2 perturbation. Figs 7, Refs 21.