The calculation of transport phenomena in electromagnetically levitated metal droplets
Abstract
A mathematical representation has been developed for the electromagnetic force field, fluid flow field, and solute concentration field of levitation-melted metal specimens. The governing equations consist of the conventional transport equations combined with the appropriate expressions for the electromagnetic force field. The predictions obtained by solving the governing equations numerically on a digital computer are in good agreement with lifting force and average temperature measurements reported in the literature.
- Publication:
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Materials Processing in the Reduced Gravity Environment of Space
- Pub Date:
- 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982mprg.proc..191E
- Keywords:
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- Convective Flow;
- Drop Transfer;
- Electromagnetic Interactions;
- Levitation;
- Liquid Metals;
- Transport Theory;
- Boltzmann Transport Equation;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Flow Distribution;
- Lift;
- Lorentz Force;
- Microgravity Applications;
- Space Commercialization;
- Space Processing;
- Engineering (General)