Modeling & Observation of Electromechanical Interactions in the Magnetic Confinement and Shaping of Molten Metals

熔融金属的磁悬浮、约束和成形 将被研究。 磁场建模和 相应的金属几何形状将建立在以前的工作， 开发计算源配置的工具， 磁流体动力相互作用的改进模型， 不稳定机制 这些模型将通过以下方式进行验证： 薄带悬浮成形的实验研究 从流动的金属流中 最初，低熔点金属将 被利用 稍后，研究将扩大到包括液体 钢在中等规模的测试。

Magnetic levitation, confinement and shaping of molten metals will be studied. Modeling of the magnetic field and corresponding metal geometries will build on previous work to develop tools for computing source configurations and to develop improved models of magnetohydrodynamic interactions and instability mechanisms. The models will be validated by experimental studies of the levitation-shaping of thin strips from a flowing metal stream. Initially low-melting metals will be used. Later the studies will be expanded to include liquid steel in medium scale tests.