MHD IN MATERIAL

PROESSSING
Dipin Kalapurakal
Introduction
Casting, Stirring and Metallurgy
Magnetic field are used to pump, stir, melt or
Control the flow of liquid metal
Main objective is to control the velocity of
liquid metal
Conservation of mass:

c
ct
+ V v
( )
= 0
p JXB V V
t
V = V + ) (
c
c

Conservation of
momentum:
Formulation
Faradays law
Ohms law:
Lorentz force :
t
B
XE
c
c
= V
) ( uXB E J + =o
/ ) (JXB F =
Model setup
Laminar flow
MHD-Magnetic induction model
Re=2500
Rem<1
Magnetic equation not solved
Modeling
Fluid flows from left wall to right in x-direction
Magnetic field is applied in y direction
Size is 25x50m
Inlet velocity 1m/s
Case -1 Without Magnetic Field
Case-2 Magnetic Field of 0.0001 Tesla
Case-3 Magnetic Field of 0.001 Tesla
Case-4 Magnetic Field of 0.005 Tesla
Case-5 Magnetic Field of 0.01 Tesla
Case-6 Magnetic Field of 0.05 Tesla
Case-7 Magnetic Field of 0.1 Tesla
Grid Independence Study
1x- Number of cells- 29424
1.5x-Number of cells-40057
Conclussion
We control the flow of a liquid metal by
changing the magnetic field.
With every increase in the magnetic filed the
velocity of the fluid decrease.
Reference
Magneto hydrodynamics in materials
P.A.Davidson
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