Zonal flow induced by longitudinal librations of a rotating cylindrical cavity

F.H. Busse

doi:10.1016/j.physd.2010.09.010

Zonal flow induced by longitudinal librations of a rotating cylindrical cavity

F.H. Busse

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Abstract

Longitudinal librations represent oscillations about the axis of a rotating axisymmetric fluid filled cavity. An analytical theory is developed for the case of a cylindrical cavity in the limit when the libration frequency is small in comparison with the rotation rate, but large in comparison with the inverse of the spin-up time. It is shown that through the nonlinear advection in the Ekman layers the librations cause the fluid to rotate more slowly.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	208-211
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physica D
Volume	240
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physd.2010.09.010
Publication status	Published - 15 Jan 2011

Keywords

rotating cylinder
libration
differential rotation
nonlinear Ekman layer

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