Coupled 3-D Analysis Employing FEM and Particle Method—Experimental Verification of Cold Crucible Induction Melting

Author

Matsuzawa, Shuhei ; Yoshikawa, Gaku ; Hirata, Katsuhiro ; Miyasaka, Fumikazu ; Nakai, Yasuhiro ; Tsuda, Masanori ; Komemushi, Yu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Adaptive Machine Syst., Osaka Univ., Suita, Japan

Volume

51

Issue

3

fYear

2015

fDate

Mar-15

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper proposes a coupled 3-D finite element method (FEM) and particle method for the analysis of cold crucible induction melting. In this method, the magnetic field is calculated by FEM and the fluid motion equation and the heat equation of a molten metal are calculated by the particle method. The effectiveness of this method is verified through the analysis of the molten metal behavior in the crucible.

Keywords

finite element analysis; heat transfer; liquid metals; magnetohydrodynamics; melting; two-phase flow; FEM; cold crucible induction melting; coupled 3D analysis; finite element method; fluid motion equation; heat equation; magnetic field; magnetohydrodynamics; molten metal; particle method; Aluminum; Analytical models; Finite element analysis; Heat transfer; Lorentz covariance; Mathematical model; Cold crucible; finite element method (FEM); magnetohydrodynamic; particle method;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMAG.2014.2359968

Filename

7093540