Finite-Amplitude thermal convection within a self-gravitating fluid sphere |
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| Authors: | A T Hsui D L Turcotte K E Torrance |
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| Institution: | Cornell University Ithaca, New York, 14850, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | AbstractFinite-difference calculations have been carried out to determine the structure of finite-amplitude thermal convection within a self-gravitating fluid sphere with uniform heat release. For a fixed-surface boundary condition single-cell convection breaks up into double-cell convection at a Rayleigh number of 3 × 104, at a Rayleigh number of 5 × 105 four-cell convection is observed. With a free-surface boundary condition only single cell convection is obtained up to a Rayleigh number of 5 × 106. |
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