Abstract
Studies of convective motions in a plane horizontal layer with and without rotation have been considered in some detail in the monographs by Chandrasekhar (1961), Hopfinger (1992) and in the review by Yavorskaya and Belyaev (1985). In this section 2.1 we present some results of studies of convective motions in fluids with no rotation which are necessary for comparisons with results for rotating fluids. It is also necessary for answering the principal question: when is rotation important and when can it be neglected? Note that all experiments on the Earth are carried out in a rotating coordinate system and the value of the Taylor number for the water layer 20 cm deep for the Earth’s rotation rate Ω = 7.3 . 10−5 s−1 is of order unity.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1995 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Boubnov, B.M., Golitsyn, G.S. (1995). Plane Horizontal Homogeneous Layer. In: Convection in Rotating Fluids. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 29. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0243-8_3
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0243-8_3
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-94-010-4108-9
Online ISBN: 978-94-011-0243-8
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive