High Rayleigh number convection at infinite prandtl number with weakly temperature-dependent viscosity

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 79-117

  Balachandar, S ^a   Yuen, D A ^b   Reuteler, D M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extended Boussinesq approximation; Mantle convection; Temperature dependent viscosity; Three dimensional numerical simulation; Toroidal motion; Viscous dissipation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010510076     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929608213643     Document Type: Article

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