Numerical simulations of dynamos generated in spherical couette flows

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 104, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 221-248

  Guervilly, C ^a   Cardin, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamo; Ferromagnetic boundary conditions; Rotation; Spherical couette flow

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC; AXISYMMETRIC FLOW; CRITICAL VALUE; DYNAMICAL REGIME; DYNAMO; DYNAMO ACTION; EKMAN NUMBERS; EQUIPARTITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GLOBAL ROTATION; INNER CORE; MAGNETIC AND KINETIC ENERGIES; MAGNETIC PRANDTL NUMBERS; MAGNETIC REYNOLDS NUMBER; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ROSSBY NUMBERS; SHEAR LAYER; SMALL SCALE; SPHERICAL COUETTE FLOW; SUPERCRITICAL REGIME;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATION; SPHERES;

DC GENERATORS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COUETTE FLOW; GEODYNAMO; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROSSBY NUMBER; SPHERE;

EID: 77950988256     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920903550955     Document Type: Article

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