Stagnation flow with a temperature-dependent viscosity

DOI10.1017/S0022112083002852zbMath0546.76019OpenAlexW2128355412MaRDI QIDQ3336874

Donald L. Turcotte, Steven H. Emerman

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112083002852

zbMATH Keywords

nonlinear differential equationthermal boundary layer thicknessno slip conditioninfinite Prandtl numberstagnation flowsgeophysical applicationstwo dimensional flowscold half spaceconvective mantle plume against the Earth's surfacedimensionless velocityequations for axisymmetric flowsexponentially temperature dependent viscosityhot fluid impinges on a cold wallisothermal far from the wallrate of destruction of the cold half spacestagnation heat fluxthinning of the lithosphere

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99) Geological problems (86A60) Foundations, constitutive equations, rheology, hydrodynamical models of non-fluid phenomena (76A99)

Cites Work

• On the melting of a semi-infinite body of ice placed in a hot stream of air
• The melting of ice in a hot humid stream of air

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