In:
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Vol. 87, No. B9 ( 1982-09-10), p. 7757-7762
Abstract:
Thermal convection in a volumetrically heated fluid layer, in which strain rate is proportional to stress with a power law exponent n , is studied by using finite difference approximations. As in earlier studies of convection in a layer heated from below, convection cell structure is found to be relatively independent of n for n ≤ 3. The rate of heat transfer, expressed in terms of an effective Rayleigh number based on a dissipation rate averaged viscosity, is also relatively independent of n . A relationship between effective Rayleigh number and the Rayleigh number based on the viscosity at a reference strain rate is derived on the basis of boundary layer scaling. This relationship agrees with finite difference solutions for both a volumetrically heated layer and a layer heated from below. Applied to planetary interiors, the power law exponent n is shown to influence the time scale of thermal evolution.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0148-0227
DOI:
10.1029/JB087iB09p07757
Language:
English
Publisher:
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Publication Date:
1982
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