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Deforming static fluid interfaces with magnetic fields: application to the Rayleigh–Taylor instability

Abstract

Shaping arbitrary fluid interfaces opens interesting perspectives for fluid-based processes and experiments. We demonstrate an experimental method to create non-planar static interfaces of almost arbitrary shape between two fluids, one of which is made highly magnetically permeable by the addition of a magnetic compound. By relying on spatially modulated magnetic fields, a non-homogeneous magnetic force is added to Earth's gravitational force, and a non-planar static interface can be stabilized. Precision experimental measurements are possible because we have developed a general method that allows us to predict numerically the shape of the interface, thereby facilitating the optimal experimental design before actually implementing it. As a first example, we apply this method to the Rayleigh–Taylor instability between two immiscible fluids. The results we obtain demonstrate the feasibility of the experimental method and the accuracy of the numerical predictions.

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hal-01780192 , version 1 (27-04-2018)

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Marie-Charlotte Renoult, Rolfe Petschek, Charles S Rosenblatt, Pierre Carles. Deforming static fluid interfaces with magnetic fields: application to the Rayleigh–Taylor instability. Experiments in Fluids, 2011, 51 (4), pp.1073-1083. ⟨10.1007/s00348-011-1125-z⟩. ⟨hal-01780192⟩
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