Axisymmetric flow between differentially rotating spheres in a dipole magnetic field

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 344, Issue , 1997, Pages 213-244

  Kleeorin, N ^a   Rogachevskii, I ^b   Ruzmaikin, A ^c   Soward, A M ^d   Starchenko, S ^e  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e Geophysical Observatory Borok   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; SPHERES;

AXISYMMETRIC FLOW; EKMAN NUMBER; ELSASSER NUMBER;

ROTATIONAL FLOW;

SPHERE; STEADY FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0031204317     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097006034     Document Type: Article

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