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In this paper, we present a mathematical modeling of some magnetohydrodynamic effects arising in an aluminum production cell as well as its numerical approximation by a finite element method. We put the emphasis on the magnetic effects which live in the whole three dimensional space and which are solved numerically with a domain decomposition method.
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This work is supported by Alcan Company, Laboratoire de Recherche et Fabrication, Saint Jean de Maurienne, France.
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Flueck, M., Janka, A., Laurent, C. et al. Some Mathematical and Numerical Aspects in Aluminum Production. J Sci Comput 43, 313–325 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10915-008-9227-3
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