Eulerian and Lagrangian means in rotating, magnetohydrodynamic flows II. Braginsky's nearly axisymmetric dynamo

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 269-322

  Soward, Andrew M ^a,b   Roberts, Paul H ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Azimuthal averages; Hybrid Euler Lagrange method; Kinematic and hydromagnetic dynamos

Indexed keywords

DC GENERATORS; EARTH (PLANET); INTERACTIVE DEVICES; KINEMATICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

AZIMUTHAL AVERAGES; CARTESIAN COORDINATE; EULER-LAGRANGE METHOD; EXPANSION VARIABLES; LAGRANGIAN DESCRIPTION; MAGNETIC REYNOLDS NUMBER; MAGNETO-HYDRODYNAMIC FLOW; WEAKLY DISSIPATIVE;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

AZIMUTH; CONVECTION; COORDINATE; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; GEODYNAMO; KINEMATICS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 84902865469     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929.2013.875334     Document Type: Article

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