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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LX0347292
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Low-order dynamical models for non-linear fluid behaviour in quasi two-dimensional plasmas. Two complex systems in which a magnetic field imposes two-dimensional fluid motions are turbulent fusion plasmas and magnetospheric plasmas. A distinctive property of 2D flows is the inverse energy cascade, whereby energy streaming into large-scale vortices, coherent structures, or sheared flows gives a remarkable propensity for self-organizing behaviour. This can be exploited to govern or guide our response to such systems. We propose to investigate the dynamics of momentum and energy exchange in these plasmas, using reduced dynamical models and bifurcation and stability mathematics. Expected outcomes are improved prediction of magnetospheric substorms and confinement of fusion plasmas.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 07-2003
End Date: 07-2005
Funding Scheme: Linkage - International
Funding Amount: $9,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Dynamical Systems | Pure Mathematics | Fluid Physics | Plasmas And Electrical Discharges
