期刊
PROGRESS IN EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE
卷 2, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1186/s40645-015-0058-1
关键词
Magnetic dynamos; Fluid experiments; Geodynamo; Magnetic induction; Zonal flows; Turbulence; Experimental fluid dynamos; Spherical Couette flow
资金
- NSF [EAR-1417148]
- Division Of Earth Sciences
- Directorate For Geosciences [1417148] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Our understanding of the dynamics of the Earth's core can be advanced by a combination of observation, experiments, and simulations. A crucial aspect of the core is the interplay between the flow of the conducting liquid and the magnetic field this flow sustains via dynamo action. This non-linear interaction, and the presence of turbulence in the flow, precludes direct numerical simulation of the system with realistic turbulence. Thus, in addition to simulations and observations (both seismological and geomagnetic), experiments can contribute insight into the core dynamics. Liquid sodium laboratory experiments can serve as models of the Earth's core with the key ingredients of conducting fluid, turbulent flow, and overall rotation, and can also approximate the geometry of the core. By accessing regions of parameter space inaccessible to numerical studies, experiments can benchmark simulations and reveal phenomena relevant to the Earth's core and other planetary cores. This review focuses on the particular contribution of liquid sodium spherical Couette devices to this subject matter.
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