Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
4635545 | Applied Mathematics and Computation | 2007 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
This paper presents numerical simulations of incompressible fluid flows in the presence of a magnetic field at low magnetic Reynolds number. The equations governing the flow are the Navier-Stokes equations of fluid motion coupled with Maxwell's equations of electromagnetics. The study of fluid flows under the influence of a magnetic field and with no free electric charges or electric fields is known as magnetohydrodynamics. The magnetohydrodynamics approximation is considered for the formulation of the non-dimensional problem and for the characterization of similarity parameters. A finite-difference technique is used to discretize the equations. In particular, an extension of the generalized Peaceman and Rachford alternating-direction implicit (ADI) scheme for simulating two-dimensional fluid flows is presented. The discretized conservation equations are solved in stream function-vorticity formulation. We compare the ADI and generalized ADI schemes, and show that the latter is more efficient in simulating low Reynolds number and magnetic Reynolds number problems. Numerical results demonstrating the applicability of this technique are also presented. The simulation of incompressible magnetohydrodynamic fluid flows is illustrated by numerical solution for two-dimensional cases.
Keywords
Related Topics
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Mathematics
Applied Mathematics
Authors
Hélio Aparecido Navarro, Luben Cabezas-Gómez, Renato César da Silva, Arlindo Neto Montagnoli,