A level set approach to simulate magnetohydrodynamic instabilities in aluminum reduction cells

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 295-311

  Munger, David ^a   Vincent, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aluminum reduction cell; Finite volumes; Instability; Level set method; Magnetic vector potential; Magnetohydrodynamics; Metal pad roll; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; NUMERICAL METHODS; ORE REDUCTION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALUMINUM REDUCTION CELLS; FINITE-VOLUME; LEVEL SET APPROACH; LEVEL SET METHOD; MAGNETIC VECTOR POTENTIALS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC INSTABILITIES; METAL PAD; METAL PAD ROLL; PAD-ROLL; TWO-FLUID;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 33748432873     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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