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Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) techniques were developed to measure the convective N2-air flow under gradient magnetic fields. The velocity fields were calculated by the Minimum Quadratic Difference (MQD) algorithm and spurious vectors were eliminated by Delaunay Tessellation. The N2-air flow was measured as the magnetic flux density varying from 0–1.5T. A strengthened vortex flow of air was observed under the condition that the magnetic field was applied, and the velocity of N2 jet rose with the increase of the magnetic density. The experimental results show that the magnetic force will induce a vortex flow and cause a convection flow of the air mixture when both gradients of the O2 concentration and the magnetic field intensity exist.
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The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (50206019) and Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (502046) and SRF for ROCS, SEM
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Xiaodong, R., Feng, W. & Yamamoto, F. PIV measurements for gas flow under gradient magnetic fields. Acta Mech Sinica 20, 591–596 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02485862
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02485862