Covering convection with a thermal blanket: numerical simulation and stochastic modelling

DOI10.1017/JFM.2023.1071MaRDI QIDQ6202459zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jinzi Mac Huang

Publication date 26 February 2024

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://arxiv.org/abs/2306.11394

zbMATH Keywords

buoyancy-driven instabilityMantle convectionBénard convection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

Abstract: Adding moving boundaries to thermally convective fluids is known to result in nontrivial and surprising dynamics. In this work, we investigate the coupling between a floating plate and the convective fluid below it. Through numerical experiments, we show the motion of this plate is driven by the flow beneath. However the flow structure is also modified by the presence of this plate as it shields the heat from escaping, leading to the "thermal blanket" effect. By analyzing this two-way coupling between moving boundary and fluid, we are able to capture the dynamical behaviors of this plate through a low-dimensional stochastic model. Geophysically, the thermal blanket effect is believed to drive the continental drift, therefore understanding this mechanism has significance beyond fluid dynamics.

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