Title :
Numerical Analysis of Transitional Behavior of Ferrofluid Employing MPS Method and FEM
Author :
Yoshikawa, Gaku ; Hirata, Katsuhiro ; Miyasaka, Fumikazu ; Okaue, Yu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Adaptive Machine Syst., Osaka Univ., Suita, Japan
fDate :
5/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper proposes a coupled method of finite-element method (FEM) and moving particle semi-implicit (MPS) method in order to analyze the spike shape of ferrofluid. In this method, magnetic field equation is calculated by FEM and fluid equation is calculated by MPS method.
Keywords :
computational fluid dynamics; finite element analysis; magnetic fluids; magnetohydrodynamics; FEM; MPS Method; ferrofluid; finite element method; fluid equation; magnetic field equation; moving particle semiimplicit method; numerical analysis; spike shape; transitional behavior; Equations; Finite element methods; Force; Magnetic forces; Mathematical model; Shape; Surface tension; Coupled method; electromagnetic hydrodynamics; ferrofluid; moving particle semi-implicit method (MPS);
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMAG.2010.2079918
