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Nonlinear interaction of magnetic field and convection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

F. H. Busse
F. H. Busse
Affiliation:
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles
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Abstract

The interaction between convection in a horizontal fluid layer heated from below and an ambient vertical magnetic field is considered. The analysis is based on the Boussinesq equations for two-dimensional convection rolls and the assumption that the amplitude A of the convection and the Chandrasekhar number Q are small. It is found that the magnetic energy is amplified by a factor of order R½m, where Rm is the magnetic Reynolds number. The ratio between the magnetic and kinetic energies can reach values much larger than unity. Although the magnetic field always inhibits convection, this influence decreases with increasing amplitude of convection. Thus finite amplitude onset of steady convection becomes possible at Rayleigh numbers considerably below the values predicted by linear theory.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 71 , Issue 1 , 9 September 1975 , pp. 193 - 206
Copyright
© 1975 Cambridge University Press

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