Title :
Equilibrium shape of a liquid metal subject to electromagnetic forces
Author :
Moretti, R. ; Dufour, S. ; Vinsard, G. ; Laporte, B.
Author_Institution :
Groupe de Recherche en Electrotechnique et Electronique de Nancy, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France
fDate :
3/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The equilibrium shape of a conductive liquid metal submitted to electromagnetic forces is computed in the axisymmetric geometry and a comparison with experiments is performed. Meshing techniques are used to spare computation time.
Keywords :
electromagnetic forces; induction heating; liquid metals; magnetic fluids; magnetohydrodynamics; mesh generation; axisymmetric geometry; conductive liquid metal; electromagnetic forces; equilibrium shape; finite element method; induction heating; magnetohydrodynamics; mesh generation; meshing techniques; Computational geometry; Containers; Electromagnetic forces; Gravity; Inductors; Magnetic liquids; Magnetohydrodynamic power generation; Mesh generation; Shape; Tin;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMAG.2004.824579
