Title :
Numerical Analysis of Electromagnetic Levitation of Molten Metal Employing MPS Method and FEM
Author :
Yoshikawa, Gaku ; Hirata, Katsuhiro ; Miyasaka, Fumikazu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Adaptive Machine Syst., Osaka Univ., Suita, Japan
fDate :
5/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper proposes a coupled method of 3D-FEM (finite element method) and MPS (moving particle semi-implicit) method for analyzing the electromagnetic levitation of a molten metal. In this method, the magnetic field equation is calculated by FEM and fluid motion equation of a molten metal is calculated by MPS method. To verify the effectiveness of this method, it is applied to analysis of the behavior of molten metal in electromagnetic levitation.
Keywords :
finite element analysis; liquid metals; magnetic levitation; magnetohydrodynamics; 3D-FEM; electromagnetic levitation; fluid motion equation; magnetic field equation; molten metal; moving particle semiimplicit method; numerical analysis; Electromagnetics; Equations; Finite element methods; Levitation; Metals; Shape; Surface tension; Coupled method; electromagnetic hydrodynamics; electromagnetic levitation; moving particle semi-implicit method;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMAG.2010.2087012
