• DocumentCode
    1176369
  • Title

    Rotating Motion in Salt Water With Laplace Forces

  • Author

    Vinsard, G. ; Dufour, S. ; Brancher, J.P.

  • Author_Institution
    CNRS, Nancy-Univ., Vandceuvre-les-Nancy
  • Volume
    45
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    3/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1562
  • Lastpage
    1565
  • Abstract
    A Laplace force density in salt water due to a magnet and a constant current generates a rotating motion and then distorts the free surface. The coupling problem between electromagnetism and mechanics is modeled with a special attention to the fluid flow problem.
  • Keywords
    magnetohydrodynamics; water; Laplace forces; constant current; electromagnetism; fluid flow; magnet; magnetohydrodynamics; mechanics; rotating motion; salt water; Finite element methods (FEMs); fluid flow; homopolar machines; magnetohydrodynamics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMAG.2009.2012742
  • Filename
    4787344