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JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
卷 662, 期 -, 页码 260-268出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010004052
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rotating flows
We study both experimentally and numerically the steady zonal flow generated by longitudinal librations of a spherical rotating container. This study follows the recent weakly nonlinear analysis of Busse (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 650, 2010, pp. 505-512), developed in the limit of small libration frequency-rotation rate ratio and large libration frequency spin-up time product. Using particle image velocimetry measurements as well as results from axisymmetric numerical simulations, we confirm quantitatively the main features of Busse's analytical solution: the zonal flow takes the form of a retrograde solid-body rotation in the fluid interior, which does not depend on the libration frequency nor on the Ekman number, and which varies as the square of the amplitude of excitation. We also report the presence of an unpredicted prograde flow at the equator near the outer wall.
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