• DocumentCode
    952275
  • 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
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    3/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    585
  • Lastpage
    588
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMAG.2004.824579
  • Filename
    1284482