Dynamo mechanism in a rotating spherical shell: Competition between magnetic field and convection vortices

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 465, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-32

  Ishihara, Norio ^a   Kida, Shigeo ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; GRAVITATION; HEAT CONVECTION; KINETIC ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX;

CONVECTION VORTICES;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; CONVECTION; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; VORTEX;

EID: 0037173982     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112002008935     Document Type: Article

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