The Element Free Galerkin Method for Fully Developed, Open-Channel Magnetohydrodynamic Flow

Abstract:

In this paper, an element-free Galerkin method is presented to simulate the liquid metal flow in an open channel under external magnetic field. The global weak form of governing equations is obtained for the case of same size of the height of the liquid film and width of the open channel. Numerical simulations are carried out for some cases of liquid metal flow in an open channel. Results show that the element-free Galerkin method may steadily compute this kind of problem in some cases.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 232)
• Pages: 111-114
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.232.111
• Online since: November 2012
• Authors: Xing Hui Cai, Guo Xun Ji, Peng Xu, Man Lin Zhu, Jiang Ren Lu
• Keywords: Element-Free Galerkin Method, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Open Channel

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