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弱层结旋转磁对流中的各向异性turbulence

Anisotropic turbulence in weakly stratified rotating magnetoconvection

A. Giesecke

摘要:

本文用NIRVANA程序对笛卡尔盒子中描述旋转磁对流的三维MHD方程进行了数值模拟。计算了小尺度脉动共同作用下的湍流强度和湍流热通量等平均量的特性。湍流的相关长度显著地取决于磁场的强度和方向,并且由科里奥利力和洛伦兹力引起的湍流强度的各向异性行为对于更快的旋转显著地更显著。在小尺度上的各向同性行为的发展-正如在纯旋转对流中观察到的那样-甚至对于导致由垂直分量主导的湍流的弱磁场也消失了。在存在水平磁场的情况下,垂直湍流热通量随着场强的增加而略微增加,从而促进旋转系统的冷却。热量的水平传输总是指向西方和两极。后者可能是一个大规模的对流的来源,而第一个将是重要的全球模拟的情况下,非轴对称边界条件的热通量。

英文摘要:

Numerical simulations of the 3D MHD-equations that describe rotating magnetoconvection in a Cartesian box have been performed using the code NIRVANA. The characteristics of averaged quantities like the turbulence intensity and the turbulent heat flux that are caused by the combined action of the small-scale fluctuations are computed. The correlation length of the turbulence significantly depends on the strength and orientation of the magnetic field and the anisotropic behavior of the turbulence intensity induced by Coriolis and Lorentz force is considerably more pronounced for faster rotation. The development of isotropic behavior on the small scales -- as it is observed in pure rotating convection -- vanishes even for a weak magnetic field which results in a turbulent flow that is dominated by the vertical component. In the presence of a horizontal magnetic field the vertical turbulent heat flux slightly increases with increasing field strength, so that cooling of the rotating system is facilitated. Horizontal transport of heat is always directed westwards and towards the poles. The latter might be a source of a large-scale meridional flow whereas the first would be important in global simulations in case of non-axisymmetric boundary conditions for the heat flux.

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