A spectral solution of the magneto-convection equations in spherical geometry

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 773-797

  Hollerbach, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magneto convection; Spectral methods; Spherical geometry

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; ROTATIONAL FLOW; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPHERES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

INDUCTION EQUATIONS; MAGNETOCONVECTION EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR COUPLED MOMENTUM; SPHERICAL GEOMETRY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

CONVECTION; MAGNETISM;

EID: 0034655860     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(20000415)32:7<773::AID-FLD988>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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