Peeling of convection cells and the generation of sheared flow
- 1 March 1992
- journal article
- letter
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids B: Plasma Physics
- Vol. 4 (3) , 488-491
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.860246
Abstract
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.Keywords
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