Concepedia

Three-dimensional thermal convection in an iso-viscous, infinite Prandtl number fluid heated from within and from below: applications to the transfer of heat through planetary mantles

C. Sotin, S. Labrosse

Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors · 1999 · 164 citations · 43 references

Concepts

EngineeringEarth SciencesFluid DynamicsHeat TransferTransport PhenomenaHeat FlowHeat Transfer AnalysisHeat Transfer FundamentalsHeat Transfer In FluidsPlanetary Mantle DynamicsThermal Boundary LayersHeating MantlesMantle CirculationMantle Convection RheologyMantle Heat FlowPrandtl NumberThermal ConvectionThermal Evolution Of Mantles

References

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Generalized nonlinear inverse problems solved using the least squares criterion

Albert Tarantola, Bernard Valette · Reviews of Geophysics · 1982 · 2K citations

Natural Sciences, Geophysics, Mathematics +13

A novel finite difference formulation for differential expressions involving both first and second derivatives

D. B. Spalding · International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering · 1972 · 1.1K citations

Natural Sciences, Computational Engineering, Mathematics +17

Scaling of hard thermal turbulence in Rayleigh-Bénard convection

Bernard Castaing, Gemunu H. Gunaratne, F. Heslot et al. · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1989 · 1K citations

Natural Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, Fluid Dynamics +16

Convection in the earth's mantle: towards a numerical simulation

Dan McKenzie, J. M. Roberts, N. O. Weiss · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1974 · 690 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geophysics +17

Magnetism and thermal evolution of the terrestrial planets

D. J. Stevenson, Tilman Spohn, G. Schubert · Icarus · 1983 · 669 citations

Natural Sciences, Geophysics, Physics +14