Hydromag Newsletter Issue #1, 2021
Content
- MHD School by MHD society (March 22, 2021)
- Postdoctoral Position in Numerical Simulation of Radiative-MHD
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MHD School
(from Antoine Alemany, Grenoble, France)
In collaboration with some colleagues, we have created a savant society, the MHD society. The objective of the society is to promote collaborations in the frame of MHD activities. This includes the coordination of conferences, obtaining financial grants for research and teaching (at the countries level, European level ..Etc.), and promoting careers of young researchers.
Web site: https://eumhd.com
The first project of the society is the organisation of an MHD school that will be proposed every year. The summary of the first edition is given in the flyer included in the web side of the MHD society and is summarized in the following:
- The school is free of cost
- The school will take place over a period of three weeks: from March 22 to April Friday 9 2021.
- The lectures are programmed in principle on Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday, but could be shifted for another day on the same week.
The course will be given in video conference with a protocol that will be communicated by the organizers.
The precise titles of the courses and teachers names will be proposed on the web site of the MHD society. The link to access on the school web site is: https://eumhd.com/school2021
The MHD society board
Postdoctoral Position in Numerical Simulation of Radiative-MHD
(from Prof. Ben-Wen Li, Dalian, China)
INTRODUCTION
The group of Prof. Dr. Li Ben-Wen, in Institute of Thermal Engineering, School of Energy & Power Engineering, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), has long time and wide experience in researching thermal radiation, and its combinations with others, like, conduction, convection, combustion, and magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), and specially engaging in the numerical simulation. Recently, we obtained the NSFC (National Natural Science Foundation of China) project, titled “Research of Thermal Radiation Effects on Magnetohydrodynamics Instabilities” with granted No. 51976021 (Jan. 2020 till Dec. 2023). We are applying more projects. We have accumulated lots of home designed codes for pure thermal radiation (with participating media in 3D Cartesian coordinate systems and 2D cylindrical ones), radiation-conduction, radiation-hydrodynamics and radiation-MHD (spectral methods but with limitation of laminar flow). Meanwhile, lots of journal papers have been published. Based on the NSFC project, we are preparing experimental research and also numerical simulations, especially for laminar to turbulent transition. In such cases, a full postdoc position for experienced scholar, who is expert in CFD with DNS, is available.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The main task of postdoc will be the numerical simulations of transition or turbulent Radiative-MHD in cylinder or rectangular enclosure. The numerical methods can be the Finite Difference method, the Finite Volume method, but the Spectral method will be priority. At present, the MHD will be limited to quasi-steady cases (the magnetic Reynolds number is far less than unit). For thermal radiation, we expect the full RTE (radiation transfer equation) solution with help of Prof. Li Ben-Wen (many home hold codes using spectral methods). The main challenges may exist in the spectral codes transition from MMT (matrix multiplication transition) versions to FCT/FFT (fast cosine transformation/fast Fourier transformation) versions, the turbulent radiation interaction (TRI), and the instabilities analysis. The codes transition is necessary to reduce computer cost for instabilities and turbulent flow. The spectral methods are necessary to keep the higher accuracy. Based on the simulations, more phenomena/disciplines can be observed/discovered for radiative MHD.
Based on our former works, you will be supervised by Prof. Li Ben-Wen, and collaborating with Ph.D. students. You can guide Ph.D. students both in experiments and simulations, especially the DNS and instability analysis. Your creativity is welcome and expected during the research process.
CONDITIONS
As for thermal radiation, we have accumulate lots of codes based on spectral methods or discrete ordinates method (DOM).
Work office and personal computer are provided. The computer center will provide computation source for large computation, and the computation cost will be paid from the project.
The salary per year is ¥300,000RMB before tax, about $46,470. Our university can provide apartment with bath and cook, but cheap rent.
Dalian is the most beautiful city in the north-eastern China, and the communications in domestic and international are very fast and convenient.
PROFILE
Candidate should have a PhD degree in Physics or Engineering (or equivalent), with demonstrated experience in CFD in fluid mechanics, or thermo-hydrodynamics, or even in MHD.
OFFER
We offer the open, stimulating and multi-disciplinary research environment. The duration of the contract will be 2 years. After evaluation, it will be possible to extend another 1 year.
INTERESTED?
For more information please contact Prof. Li Ben-Wen at: +86-13664102228, heatli(at)dlut.edu.cn
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Dr. Ben-Wen Li, Prof. of
Institute of Thermal Engineering
School of Energy & Power Engineering
Dalian University of Technology
Mailing Address:
Room 720, Energy & Power Building in West Campus of Dalian University of Technology
No. 2, Linggong Road, Ganjingzi District
Dalian, 116024, Liaoning Province, China
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