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Space-laboratory and numerical simulations of thermal convection in a rotating hemispherical shell with radial gravityThe flight of the Spacelab 3 microgravity laboratory onboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in May 1985 enabled electroconvection experiments to be conducted using the goephysical fluid flow cell instrument. Experimental results are presented which illustrate the variety of convection achieved by varying the imposed radial and latitudinal temperature gradients, rotation rates, and the strength of the electrostatic gravity. These results are compared with those obtained from nonlinear three-dimensional simulations and good agreement is found.
Document ID
19870035591
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Hart, John E.
(Colorado, University Boulder, United States)
Glatzmaier, Gary A.
(Los Alamos National Laboratory NM, United States)
Toomre, Juri
(Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics Boulder, CO, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1986
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Volume: 173
ISSN: 0022-1120
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
87A22865
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS8-31958
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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