Three-dimensional spherical shell convection at infinite Prandtl number using the 'cubed sphere' method

Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 931-933

  Hernlund, J W ^a   Tackley, P J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cubed sphere; Finite difference; Mantle convection; Non orthogonal coordinates; Spherical shell

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLUID MECHANICS; PRANDTL NUMBER; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

FINITE DIFFERENCE GRIDS; INFINITE PRANDTL NUMBER; INFINITE PRANDTL NUMBER FLUID; MANTLE CONVECTION; MULTIGRID ACCELERATION; NON-ORTHOGONAL COORDINATES; POTENTIAL FORMULATIONS; SPHERICAL SHELL;

SPHERES;

EID: 16844376615     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008044046-0.50228-1     Document Type: Chapter

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