Compressible convection in geophysical fluids: comparison of anelastic, anelastic liquid and full numerical simulations

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Abstract

In this talk we describe the numerical method implemented to study convection in a fully compressible two-dimensional model, which may be reduced to the different simplifications such as the anelastic approximation and the anelastic liquid approximation. Various equations of state are considered, from the ideal gas equation to equations related to liquid or solid condensed matter. We are particularly interested in the total value and spatial distribution of viscous dissipation. We analyze the solutions obtained with each approximation in a wide range of dimensionless parameters and compare the domain of validity of each of them.

*The authors are grateful to the LABEX Lyon Institute of Origins (ANR-10-LABX-0066) of the Universite de Lyon for its financial support ``Investissements d'Avenir'' (ANR-11-IDEX-0007) of the French government operated by the National Research Agency (ANR).

Authors

  • Jezabel Curbelo

    • Laboratoire de geologie de Lyon (CNRS/ENS Lyon/Lyon1)
  • Thierry Alboussiere

    • Laboratoire de geologie de Lyon (CNRS/ENS Lyon/Lyon1)
  • Stephane Labrosse

    • Laboratoire de geologie de Lyon (CNRS/ENS Lyon/Lyon1)
  • Fabien Dubuffet

    • Laboratoire de geologie de Lyon (CNRS/ENS Lyon/Lyon1)
  • Yanick Ricard

    • Laboratoire de geologie de Lyon (CNRS/ENS Lyon/Lyon1)