Analytical solution for viscous incompressible Stokes flow in a spherical shell

Thieulot, Cedric

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-1181-2017

Articles | Volume 8, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-1181-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-1181-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 6

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24 Nov 2017

Method article |

| 24 Nov 2017

Analytical solution for viscous incompressible Stokes flow in a spherical shell

Cedric Thieulot

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RC1: 'review for se-2017-71', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Aug 2017
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Short summary

I present a new family of analytical flow solutions to the incompressible Stokes equation in a spherical shell. The velocity is tangential to both inner and outer boundaries, the viscosity is radial, and the solution has been designed so that the expressions for velocity, pressure, and body force are simple to implement in (geodynamics) codes. This forms the basis of a numerical benchmark for convection codes, and I have implemented it in two finite-element codes.