Electromagnetic Shaping and Containment of Liquid Metals

这项研究的目的是开发改进的方法 用于通过使用电磁力来处理液体金属 力. 具体的研究重点领域包括： 线圈设计，包括三维开发 边界元反问题和正问题求解器， 发展一种最优化方法， 源位形;三维悬浮;约束 和塑造，包括实验文件，通过 液态金属位置和形状的数字图像分析 界面;研究整体，表面耦合和散装- 耦合不稳定机制，以及凝固研究 电磁铸造金属的结构及其比较 到传统铸造结构。 造型工作以自我发展为中心， 用于源线圈设计的一致性数值工具 配置和激励，根据所需的几何形状， 悬浮液态金属和区分 替代源选项。 实验工作旨在 对建模概念和结果的验证，以及 实用电磁结构研究 流动控制和成形。如果有效的处理技术 没有物理接触的液态金属可以开发，它可以 大大提高了传统铸造的效率， 行业

The purpose of the research is to develop improved methods for handling liquid metals through the use of electromagnetic forces. Specific thrust areas of the research include: source coil design, including development of the three-dimensional boundary element inverse problem and forward problem solvers and development of an optimization methodology for choice of specific source configuration; three-dimensional levitation, confinement and shaping, including experimental documentation, through digital image analysis, of position and shape of liquid metal interfaces; studies of whole-body, surface-coupled and bulk- coupled instability mechanisms, and studies of solidification structures of electromagnetically cast metals, with comparisons to conventionally cast structures. The modeling work centers upon development of self- consistent numerical tools for the design of source coil configurations and excitations, based upon desired geometries of levitated liquid metals and criteria which discriminate among alternative source options. The experimental work is aimed toward validation of modeling concepts and results, as well as investigation of practical electromagnetic configurations for flow control and shaping. If effective techniques for handling liquid metals without physical contact can be developed, it could greatly increase the efficiency of the conventional casting industry.