An algorithm to determine a dipole current in a sphere

Suppose a spherical conductor has a single dipole. If it is assumed that the direction of current is perpendicular to the location of dipole, then we prove that the dipole can be obtained as an exact form from the induced magnetic field and provide an easy algorithm to locate the dipole from the samples of a magnetic field outside the sphere without using any series approximation. A numerical implementation is also presented. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Influence of induced magnetic field and heat transfer on peristaltic transport of a Carreau fluid

The effect of an induced magnetic field on peristaltic flow of an incompressible Carreau fluid in an asymmetric channel is analyzed. Perturbation solution to equations under long wavelength approximation is derived in terms of small Weissenberg number. Expressions have been constructed for the stream function, the axial induced magnetic field, the magnetic force function, the current density distribution and the temperature. Trapping phenomenon is examined with respect to emerging parameters of interest.     

Equivalence between two finite element methods for the eddy current problem

The goal of this Note is to prove that two, in principle different, well-known finite element approximations of the eddy current model are equivalent. The first one concerns a formulation involving the magnetic field in the conductor and the magnetic scalar potential in the dielectric. The second one solves another formulation of the same problem involving the magnetic field in both, the conductor and the dielectric, and a Lagrange multiplier in the dielectric. The latter is also shown to be equivalent to a third formulation involving two Lagrange multipliers, which leads to a well posed linear system.     

The boundary element method in contiguous domains

As an example of a problem involving two finite contiguous domains, the boundary element method is used to compute the eddy current density in a conductor subjected to a transverse magnetic field.     

Electromagnetic interaction of a conducting cylinder with a magnetic dipole caused by steady rotation

The motion of a conductor in a magnetic field induces eddy currents whose interaction with the field produces Lorentz forces opposing the motion. One can determine the velocity of the conductor from the force on the magnet system since the latter is equal but opposite to the Lorentz force on the conductor. This contactless method is known as Lorentz force velocimetry (LFV). We study an idealized configuration of LFV, i.e. a rotating solid cylinder interacting with a point dipole. The understanding of parameter influences in this setup can be helpful for more realistic configurations. We use a purely kinematic approach appropriate for low magnetic Reynolds numbers. Numerical results for small and large distances between dipole and cylinder have been obtained with the commercial software COMSOL Multiphysics. (© 2012 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

A formulation of the eddy current problem in the presence of electric ports

The time-harmonic eddy current problem with either voltage or current intensity excitation is considered. We propose and analyze a new finite element approximation of the problem, based on a weak formulation where the main unknowns are the electric field in the conductor, a scalar magnetic potential in the insulator and, for the voltage excitation problem, the current intensity. The finite element approximation uses edge elements for the electric field and nodal elements for the scalar magnetic potential, and an optimal error estimate is proved. Some numerical results illustrating the performance of the method are also presented.     

Influence of induced magnetic field on peristaltic flow in an annulus

This paper looks at the influence of the induced magnetic field on peristaltic transport through a uniform infinite annulus filled with an incompressible viscous and Newtonian fluid. The present theoretical model may be considered as mathematical representation to the movement of conductive physiological fluids in the presence of the endoscope tube (or catheter tube). The inner tube is uniform, rigid, while the outer tube has a sinusoidal wave traveling down its wall. The flow analysis has been developed for low Reynolds number and long wave length approximation. Exact solutions have been established for the axial velocity, stream function, axial induced magnetic field, current distribution and the magnetic force function. The effects of pertinent parameters on the pressure rise and frictional forces on the inner and outer tubes are investigated by means of numerical integrations, also we study the effect of these parameters on the pressure gradient, axial induced magnetic field and current distribution. The phenomena of trapping is further discussed.     

Exact solutions for equilibrium configurations of the surface of a conducting fluid in a nonuniform magnetic field

We study the two-dimensional magnetic shaping problem for the situation where the free surface of a perfectly conducting fluid is deformed by the magnetic field of a system of linear current-carrying conductors. Equilibrium is achieved due to the balance of capillary and magnetic pressures. We obtain exact solutions of the problem using conformal map techniques. These solutions describe a system of two-dimensional dimples that appear on the initially flat surface of a liquid conductor under the action of a nonuniform magnetic field. We consider the case of two symmetrically located dimples in detail.     

Electromagnetic interaction of moving conductors with magnets: kinematic solutions for infinitely long square and cylindrical geometries

The electromagnetic drag force on a point dipole near a moving conductor caused by the induced electric currents is investigated by numerical and analytical computations. Our focus is on prototypical configurations for Lorentz force velocimetry, i.e. velocity measurement from the electromagnetic drag force on the dipole. We examine the particular cases of conducting infinite bars of square or round cross-section, which are moving with constant velocity in the field of arbitrary oriented magnetic dipole. In addition, we study the laminar liquid-metal flow in a square duct. The motion of the conductor is prescribed. (© 2011 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

A direct identification method for current dipoles from electromagnetic fields

We discuss the identification problem for current dipoles in a spherically symmetric conductor. This mathematical model is used for a biomedical inverse problem such as the source current identification for the human brain activity. We have already proposed a direct identification method for this inverse source problem using observations of the magnetic fields outside of the conductor. One of the difficulties of current dipole identification using the magnetic fields is caused by the fact that magnetic field does not include any information about the radial component of dipole moments. In this paper, we consider an improvement of the direct method to identify both radial and tangential components of current dipole moments by combining electric and magnetic observation data. Furthermore, our approach is effective in the case where the number of dipoles is unknown.     

Numerical study of the influence of diffusion of magnetic particles on equilibrium shapes of a free magnetic fluid surface

A mathematical model and a computational method for studying the influence of the particle diffusion on equilibrium shapes of a magnetic liquid is developed. It is then applied on the ferrohydrostatic problem of doubly connected equilibrium shapes of a magnetic fluid located on a horizontal plate around a vertical cylindrical conductor with a direct current. Numerical simulations show the limits of the uniform concentration approximation.     

Wave function and the probability current distribution for a bound electron moving in a uniform magnetic field

We study the effects of electromagnetic fields on nonrelativistic charged spinning particles bound by a short-range potential. We analyze the exact solution of the Pauli equation for an electron moving in the potential field determined by the three-dimensional δ-well in the presence of a strong magnetic field. We obtain asymptotic expressions for this solution for different values of the problem parameters. In addition, we consider electron probability currents and their dependence on the magnetic field. We show that including the spin in the framework of the nonrelativistic approach allows correctly taking the effect of the magnetic field on the electric current into account. The obtained dependences of the current distribution, which is an experimentally observable quantity, can be manifested directly in scattering processes, for example.     

Hall电流对表面热通量均匀的竖直可渗透平板上MHD自然对流的影响

在横向磁场作用下,研究Hall电流对竖直可渗透平板上MHD自然对流的影响,平板具有均匀的热通量.和外部磁场相比,假设感应磁场可以忽略不计.利用自由变量公式化(FVF)和流函数公式化(SFF),将边界层方程简化为适当的形式.对局部蒸发系数ζ的整个取值范围,由FVF得到的抛物型方程,用简明的有限差分法进行数值积分;另一方面,由SFF得到的非相似方程,采用局部非相似法求解.有些区域,如局部蒸发系数ζ值足够大或足够小时,用正规的摄动法求解.对低值Prandtl数Pr,例如Pr=0.005,0.01,0.05时,用图形表示磁场参数M和Hall参数m,对局部表面摩擦因数和局部Nusselt数的影响.最后对不同的局部蒸发系数ζ值,给出流体的速度和温度分布.     

Hydromagnetic fluctuating flow of a couple stress fluid through a porous medium

The equations of a polar fluid of hydromagnetic fluctuating through a porous medium are cast into matrix form using the state space and Laplace transform techniques the resulting formlation is applied to a variety of problems. The solution to a problem of an electrically conducting polar fluid in the presence of a transverse magnetic field and to a probem for the flow between two parallel fixed plates is obtained. The inversion of the Laplace transforms, is carried out using a numerical approach. Numerical results for the velocity, angular velocity distribution and the induced magnetic field are given and illustrated graphically for each problems.     

矩形永磁体磁场分布的解析表达式

从分子环流模型出发,利用毕奥-萨伐尔定理,对于仅在一个方向均匀完全充磁的矩形永磁块体,导出了其外部空间磁场分布的解析表达式．该解析式能精确描述一块至多块按极性相反并列放置时矩形永磁体外部空间的磁场分布．针对单块永磁体,还分析了磁场分布与永磁体几何尺寸之间的依赖关系,以及磁场大小随外部空间点离开永磁体表面距离之间的关系;定量分析了横向磁场的强度均匀度和分布均匀度随永磁体几何尺寸和离开永磁体表面距离的变化规律．     

Analytical approximate solutions to oscillation of a current-carrying wire in a magnetic field

This paper is concerned with analytical approximate solutions to dynamic oscillation of a current-carrying wire in a magnetic field generated by a fixed current-carrying conductor parallel to the wire. The wire is restrained to a fixed wall by linear elastic springs. The periodic oscillation solutions are obtained by generalizing the Newton-harmonic balance method. The procedure yields rapid convergence with respect to the “exact” solution obtained by numerical integration. In general, the results are valid for small as well as large oscillation amplitude. The method presented in this paper can be applied to other strongly nonlinear oscillators with more general restoring forces of rational form.     

Improved T − ψ nodal finite element schemes for eddy current problems

The aim of this paper is to propose improved T − ψ finite element schemes for eddy current problems in the three-dimensional bounded domain with a simply-connected conductor. In order to utilize nodal finite elements in space discretization, we decompose the magnetic field into summation of a vector potential and the gradient of a scalar potential in the conductor; while in the nonconducting domain, we only deal with the gradient of the scalar potential. As distinguished from the traditional coupled scheme with both vector and scalar potentials solved in a discretizing equation system, the proposed decoupled scheme is presented to solve them in two separate equation systems, which avoids solving a saddle-point equation system like the traditional coupled scheme and leads to an important saving in computational effort. The simulation results and the data comparison of TEAM Workshop Benchmark Problem 7 between the coupled and decoupled schemes show the validity and efficiency of the decoupled one.     

Second-order effects in the induction of thin discs

The effect of thickness of a conductor is of considerable interestin many areas of application, in particular, in geophysicalprospecting, in ionospheric physics, and in the induction ofoceanic basins. This paper considers the induction of eddy currentsin a circular conductor of finite radius due to an alternatingprimary magnetic field. A perturbation scheme yields the boundaryconditions to be satisfied by the leading- and first-order potentials,which may be solved through a set of integral equations. Itis shown that, when the thickness of the conductor is about40% of the skin depth, the first-order terms become important.Further, for most practical purposes, both the leading- andfirst-order potentials may be derived from distributions ofsurface currents. An example is given for the case when theprimary field is a vertical dipole. The formulation is easilygeneralized to thin conductors of arbitrary shape.     

Computation of Magnetic Fields in Open Traps with Oppositely Directed Fields

The article presents the results of numerical calculation of the magnetic field in open traps. The magnetic field in traps is generated by a system of circular conductors carrying currents in opposite directions. Each pair of conductors creates a magnetic field configuration of so-called cusped geometry (an antiprobkotron). Such configurations may be called traps with oppositely directed fields. Their main shortcoming is the high loss of particles along the magnetic forcelines through the annular slit and the axial opening. These particle losses are reduced by introducing a system of conductors with different configurations of circular loops that carry currents in opposite directions. The magnetic fields of the complex system of current carrying loops are calculated by summing over all pairs of conductors. Computation results are reported for open traps with a cusped magnetic field (antiprobkotrons) for various configurations of conductor pairs.     

Analog of the electrodynamic effect for a moving conductor in external electrodynamic fields

An expression for the force that acts on a conductor that moves in a static uniform magnetic field is obtained in the quasistationary approximation. In the first approximation, the expression for the force corresponds to the well-known electrodynamic effect.Institute of Nuclear Physics, State University, Moscow. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 102, No. 1, pp. 95–105, January, 1995.