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Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management
World Bank assisted National Agricultural Research Project (NARP) - University of Port Harcourt
ISSN: 1119-8362
Vol. 17, No. 1, 2013, pp. 139-151
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Bioline Code: ja13018
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2013, pp. 139-151
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Effects of Brinkman number on thermal-driven convective spherical Dynamos.
NGWUEKE, M.I. & ABBEY, T.M.
Abstract
Brinkman number effects on the thermal-driven convective spherical dynamos are
studied analytically. The high temperature of the Earth’s inner core boundary is usually conducted by
the viscous, electrically conducting fluid of the outer core to the core mantle boundary as the Earth cools. The problem considers conducting fluid motion in a rapidly rotating spherical shell. The
consequence of this exponential dependence of viscosity on temperature is considered to be a thermaldriven
convective phenomenon. A set of constitutive non-linear equations were then formulated in which the solutions for the flow variables were obtained by perturbation technique. The results illustrate enhancement of dynamo actions, demonstrating that magnetic field generation with time is possible. Moreover, the increased magnetic Prandtl number Pm with high Brinkman number shows dynamo actions for fixed Rayleigh and Taylor number values. The overall analyses succour our understanding of Earth’s magnetic field generation mechanism often envisaged in the Earth’s planetary interior.© JASEM
Keywords
Magnetic field generation, Thermal-driven convection, Brinkman number, Dynamo action, Fluid outer core
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