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球壳旋转对流中的力平衡

Force balances in spherical shell rotating convection

S. Naskar, C. J. Davies, J. E. Mound, A. T. Clarke

AI总结:

本文系统比较球壳旋转对流中平均力、脉动力及旋度力在不同尺度和方向上的平衡,揭示热成风、准地转及随超临界度演化的多力平衡特征,并指出其难以用于精确划分动力学区域。

摘要:

利用球壳几何中的旋转对流(RC)数值模型,在理解行星核心动力学方面已取得显著进展。然而,在 RC 的各种动力学区域中,这些模型中的力行为仍然很大程度上未知。方向各向异性、尺度依赖性以及不可压缩流动中动力学无关梯度贡献的作用,使动力学平衡的表示变得复杂。在本研究中,我们分别对三个分量($\hat{r},\hatθ,\hatϕ$)系统比较了平均力和脉动力的积分表示与尺度相关表示,以及旋度力(不含梯度贡献)的相应表示。分析所用的模拟覆盖对流超临界度范围 $Ra/Ra_c=1.2-1967$ 和埃克曼数范围 $E=10^{-3}-10^{-6}$,普朗特数固定为 $Pr=1$,边界条件为无滑移和固定通量。我们从球壳边界排除了 $10$ 个速度边界层,以获得力平衡与旋度力平衡之间一致的动力学表示。径向、方位向和余纬向分量表现出不同的平衡。平均力和平均旋度力的总大小表现出主要的热成风(TW)平衡;相应的脉动力处于准地转(QG)主要平衡,而脉动旋度力随着 $Ra/Ra_c$ 增大从黏性-阿基米德-科里奥利平衡过渡到惯性-黏性-阿基米德-科里奥利平衡。与力相比,旋度力平衡的尺度依赖性较弱,并且没有显示出明显的交叉尺度。脉动力和旋度力平衡与 RC 的三个区域(弱非线性、快速旋转和弱旋转)一致,但未随 $Ra/Ra_c$ 表现出急剧变化,这阻碍了从这些平衡中识别精确的区域边界。

英文摘要:

Significant progress has been made in understanding planetary core dynamics using numerical models of rotating convection (RC) in spherical shell geometry. However, the behaviour of forces in these models within various dynamic regimes of RC remains largely unknown. Directional anisotropy, scale dependence, and the role of dynamically irrelevant gradient contributions in incompressible flows complicate the representation of dynamical balances. In this study, we systematically compare integrated and scale-dependent representations of mean and fluctuation forces and curled forces (which contain no gradient contributions) separately for the three components ($\hat{r},\hatθ,\hatϕ$). The analysis is performed with simulations in a range of convective supercriticality $Ra/Ra_c=1.2-1967$ and Ekman number $E=10^{-3}-10^{-6}$, with fixed Prandtl number $Pr=1$, no-slip and fixed flux boundaries. We exclude $10$ velocity boundary layers from the spherical shell boundaries, to get a consistent representation of the dynamics between the force and curled force balance. Radial, azimuthal and co-latitudinal components exhibit distinct balances. The total magnitudes of the mean forces and mean curled forces exhibit a primary thermal wind (TW) balance; the corresponding fluctuating forces are in a quasi-geostrophic (QG) primary balance, while the fluctuating curled forces transition from a Viscous-Archimedean-Coriolis balance to an Inertia-Viscous-Archimedean-Coriolis balance with increasing $Ra/Ra_c$. The curled force balances are weakly scale-dependent compared to the forces and do not show clear cross-over scales. The fluctuating force and curled force balances are consistent with three regimes of RC (weakly nonlinear, rapidly rotating, and weakly rotating), but do not exhibit sharp changes with $Ra/Ra_c$, which inhibits the identification of precise regime boundaries from these balances.

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