Rapidly rotating spherical Couette flow in a dipolar magnetic field: An experimental study of the mean axisymmetric flow

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 170, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 60-72

  Nataf, H C ^a   Alboussiere T ^a   Brito, D ^a   Cardin, P ^a   Gagniere N ^a   Jault, D ^a   Schmitt, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamo; Liquid sodium experiment; Magnetostrophic; Spherical Couette flow; Taylor state; Ultrasonic Doppler velocimetry

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR VELOCITY; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPPER; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; FLUIDS; KETONES; LIQUID METALS; LORENTZ FORCE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETS; ROTATION; SODIUM; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DYNAMO; LIQUID SODIUM EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOSTROPHIC; SPHERICAL COUETTE FLOW; TAYLOR-STATE; ULTRASONIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY;

SPHERES;

COUETTE FLOW; EKMAN PUMPING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW VELOCITY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROSSBY NUMBER; ROTATING FLOW; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 53449100538     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.07.034     Document Type: Article

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