Hartmann Flow in Liquid Metal Blanket with Heat Transfer

Application ID: 111581


In nuclear fusion reactors, the conducting fluid, such as the fusion plasma and the liquid metal in the reactor blanket, will interact with the background magnetic field. This phenomenon is referred to as magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). The electromagnetic field and fluid flow are fully coupled through the Lorentz force and the electromotive force. The model demonstrates the modeling of an MHD flow in the duct of a liquid metal blanket, coupled with the heat transfer.

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