An insulating plate drifting over a thermally convecting fluid: the thermal blanket effect on plume motion and the emergence of a unidirectionally moving mode

DOI10.1017/jfm.2022.363OpenAlexW4280589515MaRDI QIDQ5078612

Yadan Mao

Publication date: 23 May 2022

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2022.363

zbMATH Keywords

finite volume methodcontinent speedcontinent-mantle couplingpartially insulated fluid loop modelstagnant modeunidirectional moving mode

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite volume methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M12) Free convection (76R10) Geological problems (86A60) Diffusive and convective heat and mass transfer, heat flow (80A19)

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