Pericleous, Koulis ORCID: 0000-0002-7426-9999, Bojarevics, Valdis ORCID: 0000-0002-7326-7748 and Roy, Alan (2013) Modeling of EML in Combined AC/DC Magnetic Fields as the Basis for Microgravity Experiments. International Journal of Microgravity Science and Application, 30 (1). pp. 56-63. ISSN 0915-3616

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Abstract

This article contains a review of research activity in the University of Greenwich to model the effects of static or DC magnetic fields on the characteristics of EM-levitated melts. The general idea is that the presence of a DC field will damp out the velocities inside a levitated droplet and so lead to more accurate thermophysical property measurements, especially those of viscosity and thermal conductivity that will otherwise be affected by turbulence. The technique is in fact used successfully in terrestrial experiments, and this study sets out to examine its applicability in the case of microgravity. An accurate
spectral-collocation numerical scheme is used to couple dynamically the velocity, temperature and magnetic fields, so that internal velocity and liquid envelop changes of a suspended “spherical” droplet can be observed as a function of applied AC and DC fields, with or without gravity.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	[1] Journal also known as: IJMSA. [2] Vol. 30. Issue 1 of IJMSA has special Issue title: Theorization and Modeling Ⅲ（Solidification and crystal growth）（Thermophysical properties of liquids）.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	microgravity research, electromagnetic levitation, properties of materials
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Pre-2014 Departments:	School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for Numerical Modelling & Process Analysis > Computational Science & Engineering Group
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Last Modified:	27 Apr 2020 22:57
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/10125

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