Title : 
Determination of the curvature of the magnetic fluid under the external forces
         
        
            Author : 
Park, Gwan Soo ; Park, Sang Ho
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Electr. Eng. Dept., Korea Maritime Univ., Busan, South Korea
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
3/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper, the method to obtain the shape of the magnetic fluid under the external force is derived. For the shape analysis of the magnetic fluid, Maxwell equation for the magnetic-field energy and Navier-Stoke equation for the mechanical energy of the fluid need to be solved simultaneously. The main idea of the method is that dynamic constant is the same value on the fluid surface because of the boundary equilibrium conditions. The final curvature of the fluid is determined under constraint of the magnetic-fluid volume. The effects of the gravitational force, centrifugal force, and external pressure on the shape of the magnetic fluid are analyzed and the computed results agreed well with photographic images
         
        
            Keywords : 
Maxwell equations; Navier-Stokes equations; finite element analysis; magnetic fluids; Maxwell equation; Navier-Stoke equation; boundary equilibrium conditions; centrifugal force; constraint; curvature; dynamic constant; external forces; external pressure; fluid surface; gravitational force; magnetic fluid; magnetic-field energy; magnetic-fluid volume; mechanical energy; shape analysis; Finite element methods; Fluid dynamics; Gravity; Hydrodynamics; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic liquids; Maxwell equations; Nonlinear equations; Poisson equations; Shape;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on