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Numerical Study of Flow Motion and Patterns Driven by a Rotating Permanent Helical Magnetic Field

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Liquid metal magnetohydrodynamic flow driven by a rotating permanent helical magnetic field in a cylindrical container is numerically studied. A three-dimensional numerical simulation provides insight into the visualization of the physical fields, including the magnetic field, the Lorentz force density, and the flow structures, especially the flow patterns in the meridional plane. Because the screen parameter is sufficiently small, the model is decoupled into electromagnetic and hydrodynamic components. Two flow patterns in the meridional plane, i.e., the global flow and the secondary flow, are discovered and the impact of several system parameters on their transition is investigated. Finally, a verifying model is used for comparison with the previous experiment.

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X.D. Wang acknowledge the support of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in the form of the “One Hundred Talented People” program (No. 111800M105 & Y32901FEA2) and CAS funding (XDA04078400).

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  1. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 101408, Beijing, China

    Wenzhi Yang (Graduate Student), Xiaodong Wang (Professor) & Bo Wang (Ph.D. Student)

  2. UTC Bucharest, 020396, Bucharest, Romania

    Florin Baltaretu (Professor)

  3. CNRS/SIMAP/EPM, ENSEEG, 38402, St Martin d’Hères Cedex, France

    Jacqueline Etay (Professor) & Yves Fautrelle (Professor)

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Yang, W., Wang, X., Wang, B. et al. Numerical Study of Flow Motion and Patterns Driven by a Rotating Permanent Helical Magnetic Field. Metall Mater Trans B 47, 2771–2784 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-016-0762-2

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