Modelling compressible mantle convection with large viscosity contrasts in a three-dimensional spherical shell using the yin-yang grid

2008 ◽  
Vol 171 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 7-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul J. Tackley
Keyword(s):  
Spherical Shell ◽  
Mantle Convection ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Yin Yang

scholarly journals Density Stratification Effects on the Thermal Convection in a Rotating Spherical Shell

2001 ◽  
Vol 203 ◽  
pp. 195-197
Author(s):  
N. Nishikawa ◽  
K. Kusano
Keyword(s):  
Spherical Shell ◽  
Thermal Convection ◽  
Structural Transition ◽  
Rotation Axis ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Density Stratification ◽  
Nonlinear Convection ◽  
Solar Convection Zone ◽  
Solar Convection ◽  
The Stability

The density stratification effects on the thermal convection in a rotating spherical shell, which is the representative of the solar convection zone, are investigated by three dimensional numerical simulations. It is found that, the convection structure in the strongly stratified system is switched from parallel cells aligned to the rotation axis to zonal rolles dominated by the longitudinally averaged mode, as the Rayleigh number increases much larger than the stability threshold. Corresponding to this structural transition, the averaged kinetic helicity reverses the sign in each hemisphere (from negative to positive in the northern hemisphere). The results indicate that the density stratification is much important for the nonlinear convection process in the rotating spherical shell.

scholarly journals Coronal ejections from convective spherical shell dynamos

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (S286) ◽  
pp. 154-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Warnecke ◽  
P. J. Käpylä ◽  
M. J. Mantere ◽  
A. Brandenburg
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Spherical Shell ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Convection Zone ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Simplified Model ◽  
Spherical Coordinates ◽  
Dimensional Model ◽  
Three Dimensional Model ◽  
Large Scale Magnetic Field

AbstractWe present a three-dimensional model of rotating convection combined with a simplified model of a corona in spherical coordinates. The motions in the convection zone generate a large-scale magnetic field which is sporadically ejected into the outer layers above. Our model corona is approximately isothermal, but it includes density stratification due to gravity.

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