Off-centre gravity induces large-scale flow patterns in spherical Rayleigh-Bénard convection

DOI10.1017/JFM.2022.360MaRDI QIDQ5078611zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Guiquan Wang, L. Santelli, R. Verzicco, Richard J. A. M. Stevens, Detlef Lohse

Publication date 23 May 2022

Published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2022.360

zbMATH Keywords

baroclinic imbalanceBoussinesq approximationlarge-scale meridional circulationlocal heat fluxspherical coordinatesstaggered central second-order finite difference scheme

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) Free convection (76R10) Diffusive and convective heat and mass transfer, heat flow (80A19)

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