聚变堆相关的液态金属膜流初步实验研究

在磁约束核聚变堆的面对等离子部件设计中,液态金属锂膜流因具有带走杂质、保护面对等离子固壁等优点而被认为是优选方案之一. 然而,如何克服聚变堆中强磁场环境下产生的磁流体力学效应并形成大面积均匀铺展锂膜流动是目前亟需解决的问题.本文通过搭建室温液 态镓铟锡回路和高温液态锂回路,开展了两种不同特性的液态金属膜流实验, 并采用传统可视化方法获得了展向磁场存在时镓铟锡和锂在导电底板形成的液膜流动表面特征.实验结果 表明: 无磁场时,两种液态金属膜流流动表面波动特性与常规流体膜流均一致, 即随着流动雷诺数的增加表面波动变得更为混乱; 而展向磁场存在时,镓铟锡膜流表面波动变得更为规则, 且沿着磁场方向平行排列,表现为拟二维波动的特征; 而锂膜流却产生了明显的磁流体 力学阻力效应,表现为在流动方向局部产生锂滞留现象, 且滞留点随雷诺数增大向下游移动. 最后通过膜流受力分析,进一步阐述了锂膜流受到比镓铟锡膜流更为严重磁流体力学效应影响的原因.      

INSTABILITY OF COUPLED THERMO-SOLUTE CAPILLARY CONVECTION IN LIQUID BRIDGE AND CONTROL BY ROTATING MAGNETIC FIELD

浮区法因具有无坩埚接触污染的生长优点而成为生长高完整性和高均匀性单晶材料的重要技术.但熔体中存在的毛细对流会给浮区法晶体生长带来极大挑战,这是由于对流的不稳定会导致晶体微观瑕疵的产生和宏观条纹等缺陷的形成.为了提高浮区法生长单晶材料的品质,研究浮区法晶体生长中毛细对流特性及如何控制其不稳定性显得尤为重要.本文采用数值模拟的方法对半浮区液桥内Si_xGe_1-x体系中存在的热质毛细对流展开研究并施加旋转磁场对其进行控制.结果表明：纯溶质毛细对流表现为二维轴对称模式,温度场主要由热扩散作用决定,而浓度场则由对流和溶质扩散共同支配;纯热毛细对流呈现三维稳态非轴对称流动,浓度分布与熔体内热毛细对流的流向密切相关,等温线在对流较大的区域发生弯曲;耦合溶质与热毛细对流则为三维周期性旋转振荡流.施加旋转磁场后,熔体周向速度沿径向向外增大,熔体内浓度场和流场均呈现二维轴对称分布.     

Magnetohydrodynamic stability of heterogeneous incompressible nondissipative conducting liquids

Summary This discussion which is restricted to the flow of heterogeneous, incompressible, inviscid, perfect conducting liquids between two rotating or nonrotating coaxial cylinders is divided into three parts. In the first part the stability of the liquid in question between two coaxial nonrotating cylinders with an applied magnetic field perpendicular to the flow is investigated. A sufficient condition for stability is found and if the motion is unstable an upper bound for the amplification factor is given. As a particular case the stability of the liquid with uniform steady velocity, and density varying as a function of a distance from the axis of the cylinders is discussed and it is found that the effect of the magnetic field makes the flow more stable.In part two the stability of the liquid in question between two rotating coaxial cylinders with an applied magnetic field in the tangential direction is discussed. A necessary and sufficient condition for stability is derived.In part three the stability of the same liquid between two rotating coaxial with an applied magnetic field in the axial direction is treated. A sufficient condition for stability is derived. In general, we infer that in the case of parallel flow the magnetic field plays the same role in the liquid as gravitational field in Synge's) discussion.     

A linear analysis of instabilities in Couette flow of nematic liquid crystals

This paper presents a new method for determining the critical threshold values at which both homogeneous and roll-type instabilities may appear when thin layers of nematic liquid crystal are subjected to Couette flow. The anisotropic axis of the material is initially uniformly aligned parallel to the axial direction and the effect of a stabilising, axially oriented, uniform magnetic field is allowed for in calculations. Carrying out a linear stability analysis of the continuum equations, we employ a Fourier series method to derive an expression for determining the critical shear rate at which instability occurs. Thresholds for both homogeneous and roll instabilities are obtained and their variation with rotation rate and applied magnetic field strength is examined for the material MBBA.     

Couette flow of a nematic liquid crystal in the presence of a magnetic field

Summary We derive the equations governing helical flow of a nematic liquid crystal in the presence of a magnetic field. These equations are used to investigate Couette flow, and a study is made of the large number of possible solutions.     

Numerical and analytical solutions of an Oldroyd 8‐constant MHD fluid with nonlinear slip conditions

The flow of an Oldroyd 8‐constant non‐Newtonian MHD fluid is investigated analytically and numerically. The governing equations for the flow field are derived for a steady one‐dimensional flow. The effect of constant applied magnetic field is included and its influence on the flow field is studied. The nonlinear governing equation along with nonlinear boundary conditions is solved analytically and the solution is obtained in an elegant way. Numerical solutions are also obtained using higher order Chebyshev spectral methods. The influence of various non‐Newtonian parameters and applied magnetic field is investigated. Results showing the effect of various physical parameters of the flow are presented and investigated. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

磁场对液态金属流的制动效应

研究在静磁场作用下；连铸坯中液态金属的流动，建立了二维数学模型并考虑了湍流的影响．采用数值分析方法分析了磁场对液态金属流股的制动效应．计算结果说明静磁场可以有效地减小流股速度并使其分散，同时使上升到液态金属液面的反转流减弱．随着哈特曼数增高和雷诺数的减小，磁场的制动效应增强．     

Melt Motion Due to Peltier Marking during Bridgman Crystal Growth with an Axial Magnetic Field

This paper treats a liquid-metal flow inside an electrically insulating cylinder with electrically conducting solids above and below the liquid region. There is a uniform axial magnetic field, and there is an electric current through the liquid and both solids. Since the lower liquid-solid interface is concave into the solid and since the liquid is a better electrical conductor than the adjacent solid, the electric current is locally concentrated near the centerline. The return to a uniform current distribution involves a radial electric current which interacts with the axial magnetic field to drive an azimuthal flow. The axial variation of the centrifugal force due to the azimuthal velocity drives a meridional circulation with radial and axial velocities. This problem models the effects of Peltier marking during the vertical Bridgman growth of semiconductor crystals with an externally applied magnetic field, where the meridional circulation due to the Peltier current may produce important mixing in the molten semiconductor. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

磁场对液态金属流的制动效应

研究在静磁场作用下；连铸坯中液态金属的流动，建立了二维数学模型并考虑了湍流的影响．采用数值分析方法分析了磁场对液态金属流股的制动效应．计算结果说明静磁场可以有效地减小流股速度并使其分散，同时使上升到液态金属液面的反转流减弱．随着哈特曼数增高和雷诺数的减小，磁场的制动效应增强．     

The untwisting of a bounded sample of cholesteric liquid crystal

This article is a theoretical investigation of the untwisting of a cholesteric liquid crystal in a bounded sample with strong anchoring due to an applied magnetic field. Continuum theory and energy comparisons are used to determine graphically the form of the untwisting prior to and including the transition to the nematic phase.     

Stability of flow of a thin layer of viscous magnetic liquid

The laminar flow of a thin layer of heavy viscous magnetic liquid down an inclined wall is examined. The stability and control of the flow of an ordinary liquid are affected only by alteration of the angle of inclination of the solid wall and the velocity of the adjacent gas flow. When magnetic liquids are used [1, 2], an effective method of flow control may be control of the magnetic field. By using magnetic fields of various configurations it is possible to control the flow of a thin film of viscous liquid, modify the stability of laminar film flow, and change the shape of the free surface of the laminarly flowing thin film, a factor which plays a role in mass transfer, whose rate depends on the phase contact surface area. The magnetic field significantly affects the shape of the free surface of a magnetic liquid [3, 4]. In this paper the velocity profile of a layer of viscous magnetic liquid adjoining a gas flow and flowing down an inclined solid wall in a uniform magnetic field is found. It is shown that the flow can be controlled by the magnetic field. The problem of stability of the flow is solved in a linear formulation in which perturbations of the magnetic field are taken into account. The stability condition is found. The flow stability is affected by the nonuniform nature of the field and also by its direction.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 59–65, September–October, 1977.     

The effect of magnetic fields on low frequency oscillating natural convection with pressure gradient

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Free-surface magnetohydrodynamic flow with solidification

The paper considers an analysis of a liquid metal flow, occurring in the horizontal belt strip casting process. The liquid metal flows over a moving copper belt with a growing solidifying phase beneath the melt. The effect of applying a transverse magnetic field is investigated. A set of three-dimensional shallow water equations is derived. Supercritical flow is assumed and the shallow water equations are solved numerically using a shock-capturing method, which automatically takes care of the possibility of oblique hydraulic jumps.It is shown that non-uniform conditions introduced in the feeding region give a pattern of steady hydraulic jumps, which propagate downstream and are reflected at the sidewalls. The effect of the magnetic field is to brake the flow and damp the standing hydraulic jump pattern. Different feeding methods are compared and it is shown that the magnetic field erases the initial differences in liquid distribution using different feeding techniques.     

Abnormal rotation of a deformed liquid crystal droplet immersed in an isotropic fluid after transient flow

The morphology evolution of liquid crystal droplets immersed in an isotropic fluid in flow field is found to be different from flexible polymer droplets. In this paper, we investigated the retraction of a liquid crystal droplet after transient flow. It is found that the liquid crystal droplet will rotate during the shape recovery, which has never been observed for an isotropic droplet. The factors that influence the rotational angle of a single liquid crystal droplet during retraction progress were studied, including the temperature, the dimension of the droplets, the time of shear flow, the shear rate, the flow type, and the properties of liquid crystal molecules. The rotation of liquid crystal droplet during shape recovery is ascribed to both the bulk elasticity of liquid crystal droplets and the anisotropic properties of the interface between liquid crystal and isotropic fluid.     

导电流体热对流中磁场的致稳作用

本文导出了在磁场作用下导电流体热对流流动的方程组及其定解条件,用数值方法模拟了由磁场控制的单晶生长热对流问题,计算结果说明磁场可以有效地抑制流动在壁面处的分离、单胞对流变为多胞对流以及速度和温度的振荡等热不稳定现象,说明了磁场对不稳定热对流有明显的致稳作用。     

Numerical modeling of bubble-driven liquid metal flows with external static magnetic field

Three-dimensional numerical simulations are presented considering the impact of a steady magnetic field on a bubble-driven liquid metal flow inside a cylinder. The injection of moderate gas flow rates through a single orifice at the bottom of the fluid vessel results in the formation of a bubble plume. The magnetic field is applied in either vertical or horizontal direction. The calculations were performed by means of the commercial software package CFX using the Euler–Euler multiphase model and the RANS–SST turbulence model. The non-isotropic nature of MHD turbulence was taken into account by specific modifications of the turbulence model. The numerical models are validated with recent experimental results. (Zhang, C., Eckert, S., Gerbeth, G., 2007. The flow structure of a bubble-driven liquid–metal jet in a horizontal magnetic field, J. Fluid Mech. 575, 57–82.) The comparison between the numerical simulations and the experimental findings shows a good agreement. The calculations are able to reproduce a striking feature of a horizontal magnetic field found in the range of moderate Hartmann numbers revealing that such a steady transverse magnetic field may destabilize the flow and cause distinct oscillations of the liquid velocity.     

On non-linear magnetohydrodynamic problems of an Oldroyd 6-constant fluid

In this work we develop a mathematical model to predict the velocity profile for an unidirectional, incompressible and steady flow of an Oldroyd 6-constant fluid. The fluid is electrically conducting by a transverse magnetic field. The developed governing equation is non-linear. This equation is solved analytically to obtain the general solution. The governing non-linear equation is also solved numerically subject to appropriate boundary conditions (three cases of typical plane shearing flows) by an iterative technique with the finite-difference discretizations. A parametric study of the physical parameters involved in the problems such as the applied magnetic field and the material constants is conducted. The obtained results are illustrated graphically to show salient features of the solutions. Numerical results show that the applied magnetic field tends to reduce the flow velocity. Depending on the choice of the material parameters, the fluid exhibits shear-thickening or shear-thinning behaviours.     

Buoyant flow in long vertical enclosures in the presence of a strong horizontal magnetic field. Part 2. Finite enclosures

Numerical computations and experiments were carried out for a buoyant flow of liquid metal (mercury in the experiments) in a long vertical enclosure of square cross-section, in the presence of a uniform horizontal magnetic field. A strong emphasis is put on the case of a magnetic field perpendicular to the applied temperature gradient for two reasons: (1) the MHD damping is smaller than with any other orientation, and (2) the quasi-two-dimensionality of the flow in this case yields a quite efficient velocity measurement technique. The enclosure is heated by a thermally controlled flow of water from one of the vertical walls and cooled by a similar technique from the facing wall. Those two walls are good thermal conductors (thick copper plates in the experiments), whereas the four other walls are thermally insulating. All walls are electrically insulated from the fluid. In this paper, as well as in the companion paper by Tagawa et al. (Eur. J. Mech. B Fluids 21 (4) (2002) 383–398), we model analytically the Hartmann layers present along the walls perpendicular to the magnetic field. This modeling, which yields boundary conditions for the core flow without any meshing of the thin layers, is quite accurate when Hartmann layers are stable. The numerical results are in fairly good agreement with the experimental data. They namely reveal how the heat flux and the fluid flow organization depend on the magnetic field.     

倾斜非均匀磁场下导电方管磁流体管流的数值模拟研究

热核聚变反应堆液态金属包层应用中的一个重要问题是液态金属在导电管中流动和强磁场相互作用产生的额外的磁流体动力学压降.这种磁流体动力学压降远远大于普通水力学压降.美国阿贡国家实验室ALEX研究小组,对非均匀磁场下导电管中液态金属磁流体动力学效应进行了实验研究,其实验结果成为液态金属包层数值验证的标准模型之一.液态金属包层在应用中会受到不同方向的磁场作用,本文以ALEX的非均匀磁场下导电方管中液态金属管流实验中的一组参数为基础,保持哈特曼数、雷诺数和壁面电导率不变,采用三维直接数值模拟的方法,研究了外加磁场与侧壁之间的倾角对导电方管内液态金属流动的速度、电流和压降分布的影响.研究结果表明:沿流向相同横截面上的速度、电流以及压力分布均随磁场的倾斜而同向旋转.倾斜磁场均匀段,横截面上的高速区位于平行磁场方向的哈特曼层和平行层交叉位置,压力梯度随磁场倾角的增大先增大后减小.倾斜磁场递减段,在三维磁流体动力学效应作用下,横截面上的高速射流位置向垂直磁场方向偏移.磁场递减段的三维磁流体动力学压降随磁场倾角的增大而增大.随磁场倾斜,截面上的射流峰值逐渐减小,二次流增强,引发层流向湍流的转捩.      

Flow stability of a conducting liquid flowing down an inclined plane in the presence of a magnetic field

The stability of a steady flow of incompressible, conducting liquid down an inclined plane in the presence of longitudinal and transverse magnetic fields is studied. Solutions of the linearized magnetohydrodynamic equations with corresponding boundary conditions are found on the assumption that the Reynolds number R_g and the wave number are small. It is shown that the longitudinal magnetic field plays a stabilizing role. It is known [1] that the flow of a viscous liquid over a vertical wall is always unstable. In this article it is shown that the instability effect at small wave numbers may be eliminated if the longitudinal magnetic field satisfies the conditions found. The case when the Alfvén number and the wave number are small and the Reynolds number is finite is also examined.