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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 49, 2006 - Issue 10
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Original Articles

Mesoscale Analysis of Thermal Flow of Magnetic Fluids

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Pages 1009-1018 | Received 10 Jan 2005, Accepted 27 Sep 2005, Published online: 22 Sep 2006
 

Abstract

With respect to the magnetic interactions and other nonmagnetic interactions among the suspended magnetic nanoparticles and the ambient carrier liquid molecules as well as the effect of an external magnetic field, a two-phase thermal flow model is developed based on the lattice Boltzmann method to investigate energy transport and flow dynamics of the magnetic fluid at the mesoscale level. By means of this model, the microscopic morphology of the magnetic fluid and flow behavior in a channel are simulated and the effect of the external magnetic field is studied.

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants 50376023 and 50436020).

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