Flow modeling possibilities


  1. eq. Helmholtz
    incompressible fluid, no electromagnetic force
    no advection and neutrally stable
    no viscosity
    Coriolis force considered

  2. geostrophic fluid -> Taylor columns
    no advection, no viscosity, no relative acceleration
    incompressible fluid, no electromagnetic force
    Coriolis force considered
    no variation of the velocity along the z-direction

  3. Poincaré fluid
    no advection, no viscosity
    no electromagnetic force
    Coriolis force considered
    no relative acceleration
    motion = global rotation

  4. Boussinesq approximation
    eulerian density neglected when multiplied by the velocity, except in a term containing gravity
    Coriolis force considered
    eventually:
    no advection, no viscosity, incompressible fluid, no electromagnetic force

  5. eq. Greenspan
    incompressible
    non-advective fluid
    no electromagnetic force
    viscosity and Coriolis force considered

  6. viscous, non rotating, non-advecting and conductor

  7. viscous, rotating, non-advecting and conductor

  8. viscous, rotating, advecting and conductor

  9. + turbulence




  Coriolis Incompres- sibility Relative accelaration Advection Viscosity Electroma- gnetic force Conduc- tivity Divers
Eq. Helmholtz x x x - - - - Poincaré motion
Geostrophic Fluid x x - - - - - Taylor Column
Eq. Poincaré x - - - - - -  
Boussinesq approximation x - x - - - - Eulerian density neglected except
Eq. Greenspan x x x - x - - in terms involving gravity
Other possibilities                
(1) - - x - x - x Non-rotating
(2) x - x - x - x  
(3) x - x x x - x Eventually turbulence




In the general equation:


LHS :
(1) relative acceleration . (mean density + eulerian density) = (1a) + (1b)
(2) Coriolis acceleration . (mean density + eulerian density) = (2a) + (2b)
(3) advection term . (mean density + eulerian density) = (3a) + (3b)
RHS :
(4) pressure (= additional pressure + eulerian density . gravity)
(5) viscosity - viscous force
(6) force related to electromagnetic field
(7) force related to turbulence