Understanding magnetic field gradient effect from a liquid metal droplet movement

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 120-124

  Gao, Donghong ^a   Morley, Neil B ^a   Dhir, Vijay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID METAL DROPLETS; MAGNETIC FIELD GRADIENT EFFECT; SURFACE TRACKING; VACUUM SPACE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP FORMATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; SURFACE TENSION; VECTORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

LIQUID METALS;

EID: 8744271137     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1637638     Document Type: Article

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