Numerical simulation of a spherical dynamo excited by a flow of von Kármán type

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 104, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 207-220

  Roberts, Paul H ^a   Glatzmaier, Gary A ^b   Clune, Thomas L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Homogeneous dynamos; Thin wall approximation; von K rm n Sodium experiment

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING MATERIALS; COUNTER ROTATING; CYLINDRICAL CONTAINERS; DUCT FLOW; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; ELECTRODYNAMIC EFFECTS; FIELD DECAYS; LIQUID SODIUM; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SELF - EXCITED; SHELL PERMEABILITY; SODIUM EXPERIMENTS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SURFACE MOTIONS; SURFACE SHELLS; SYMMETRY AXIS; THIN SHELLS; THIN WALLS; WHOLE SYSTEMS;

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAINERS; DC GENERATORS; EXPERIMENTS; IMPELLERS; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; IRON; LIQUID METALS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SODIUM; STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACES;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

GEODYNAMO; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPHERE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 77950989467     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920903439753     Document Type: Article

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