Destabilization of free convection by weak rotation
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DOI10.1017/JFM.2011.323zbMATH Open1241.76185arXiv1107.1111OpenAlexW3100327073MaRDI QIDQ2893248FDOQ2893248
Authors: A. Yu. Gelfgat 
Publication date: 26 June 2012
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: This study offers an explanation of a recently observed effect of destabilization of free convective flows by weak rotation. After studying several models where flows are driven by a simultaneous action of convection and rotation, it is concluded that the destabilization is observed in the cases where centrifugal force acts against main convective circulation. At relatively low Prandtl numbers this counter action can split the main vortex into two counter rotating vortices, where the interaction leads to instability. At larger Prandtl numbers, the counter action of the centrifugal force steepens an unstable thermal stratification, which triggers Rayleigh-B'enard instability mechanism. Both cases can be enhanced by advection of azimuthal velocity disturbances towards the axis, where they grow and excite perturbations of the radial velocity. The effect was studied considering a combined convective/rotating flow in a cylinder with a rotating lid and a parabolic temperature profile at the sidewall. Next, explanations of the destabilization effect for rotating magnetic field driven flow and melt flow in a Czochralski crystal growth model were derived.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1107.1111
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