Published March 1992
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Journal article
Peeling of convection cells and the generation of sheared flow
Creators
- 1. Laboratory for Plasma Research, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-3511 (United States)
Description
A periodic array of convection cells is subject to a ''shear flow'' instability. The generation of the sheared flow is a consequence of ''peeling'' of the convection cells. Fluid simulations demonstrate that the efficiency of shear flow generation is high. Implications for understanding poloidal rotation in tokamaks are discussed
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics of Fluids B
- Journal Volume
- 4
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 488-491.
- ISSN
- 0899-8221
- CODEN
- PFBPEI
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 24021255
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES; EIGENFUNCTIONS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; INSTABILITY GROWTH RATES; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA MACROINSTABILITIES; ROTATING PLASMA; TOKAMAK DEVICES; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICES
- Descriptors DEC
- CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; FLUID FLOW; FLUID MECHANICS; FUNCTIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INSTABILITY; MECHANICS; PLASMA; PLASMA INSTABILITY; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES