Spin-up instability of a levitated molten drop in magnetohydrodynamic-flow transition to turbulence

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2230-2235

  Bullard, Christopher ^a   Hyers, Robert W ^b   Abedian, Behrouz ^c  

^a WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^c Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid flow; Magnetic levitation; Magnetohydrodynamics

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LEVITATION MELTING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC LEVITATION; MOLTEN MATERIALS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC HEATING; LORENZ FORCE; MAGNETIC DAMPING; METASTABLE MICROSTRUCTURE;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 23844470175     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2005.850281     Document Type: Article

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