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Convection in an imposed magnetic field. Part 1. The development of nonlinear convection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

N. O. Weiss
N. O. Weiss
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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
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Abstract

Nonlinear two-dimensional magnetoconvection in a Boussinesq fluid has been studied in a series of numerical experiments with values of the Chandrasekhar number Q ≤ 4000 and the ratio ζ of the magnetic to the thermal diffusivity in the range 1 ≥ ζ ≥ 0·025. If the imposed field is strong enough, convection sets in as overstable oscillations which give way to steady convection as the Rayleigh number R is increased. In the dynamical regime that follows, magnetic flux is concentrated into sheets at the sides of the cells, from which the motion is excluded.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 108 , July 1981 , pp. 247 - 272
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© 1981 Cambridge University Press

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