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Nonlinear compressible magnetoconvection Part 1. Travelling waves and oscillations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

N. E. Hurlburt ,
M. R. E. Proctor ,
N. O. Weiss  and
D. P. Brownjohn
N. E. Hurlburt
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Silver Street, Cambridge CB3 9EW, UK
M. R. E. Proctor
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Silver Street, Cambridge CB3 9EW, UK
N. O. Weiss
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Silver Street, Cambridge CB3 9EW, UK
D. P. Brownjohn
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Silver Street, Cambridge CB3 9EW, UK
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Abstract

Two-dimensional compressible convection in a polytropic layer with an imposed vertical magnetic field is studied in a series of numerical experiments. We consider a shallow layer, spanning only a fraction of a scale height in density, and increase the ratio (β−1) of the magnetic to the thermal pressure in a regime where convection sets in at an oscillatory bifurcation. Initially there are stable periodic oscillations (standing wave solutions). For moderate values of β the only deviations from Boussinesq behaviour are where the field is locally intense but as β is decreased magnetic pressure fluctuations become increasingly important. When β is of order unity at the top of the layer standing waves become unstable at higher Rayleigh numbers and travelling waves are preferred. This is an essentially compressible effect in which magnetic pressure plays a crucial role. The associated bifurcation structure is investigated in some detail.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 207 , October 1989 , pp. 587 - 628
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© 1989 Cambridge University Press

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