Journal of Shanghai University(Natural Science Edition) ›› 2018, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (2): 249-256.doi: 10.12066/j.issn.1007-2861.1815

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Numerical simulation on characteristics of levitated oscillating liquid metal drop in high frequency amplitude-modulated electromagnetic field

ZHU Hongda1, LEI Zuosheng2, GUO Jiahong1()   

  1. 1. Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China
    2. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China
  • Received:2016-05-17 Online:2018-04-30 Published:2018-05-07
  • Contact: GUO Jiahong E-mail:jhguo@staff.shu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Based on the experiment results of oscillation of a levitated liquid metal drop in a high frequency amplitude-modulated electromagnetic field, a two-dimensional axisymmetric numerical model for the flow of the drop is developed. The arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) method is used to calculate free surface of the oscillating drop. The magnetic field, the flow field and the shape of the free surface of the droplet oscillating in a high frequency amplitude-modulated electromagnetic field are obtained by numerical simulation. By analyzing displacement of the characteristic point on the oscillating droplet over time using Fourier analysis, frequency spectrum characteristics of the drop in a high frequency amplitude-modulated electromagnetic field is obtained. Numerical results agree fairly well with the experimental and theoretical results.

Key words: high frequency amplitude-modulated electromagnetic field, metal drop, levitated oscillation, numerical simulation, spectrum analysis

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