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Magnetohydrodynamic Flows in Arbitrary Geometries in Strong, Nonuniform Magnetic Fields — A Numerical Code for the Design of Fusion Reactor Blankets

L. BühlerKernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe Institut für Angewandte Thermo-und Fluiddynamik Postfach 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
Pages 3-24 | Published online: 09 May 2017

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S. Smolentsev. (2023) Modeling of Transport Processes in Liquid-Metal Fusion Blankets: Past, Present, and Future. Fusion Science and Technology 79:3, pages 251-273.
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Ivan Di Piazza & Leo Bühler. (2000) A General Computational Approach for Magnetohydrodynamic Flows Using the CFX Code: Buoyant Flow through a Vertical Square Channel. Fusion Technology 38:2, pages 180-189.
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C. Mistrangelo, L. Bühler, S. Smolentsev, V. Klüber, I. Maione & J. Aubert. (2021) MHD flow in liquid metal blankets: Major design issues, MHD guidelines and numerical analysis. Fusion Engineering and Design 173, pages 112795.
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L. Bühler & C. Mistrangelo. (2018) Pressure drop and velocity changes in MHD pipe flows due to a local interruption of the insulation. Fusion Engineering and Design 127, pages 185-191.
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Chiara Mistrangelo & Leo Bühler. (2017) Magnetohydrodynamic flows in liquid metal blankets for fusion reactors. PAMM 17:1, pages 115-118.
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L. Bühler, C. Mistrangelo, J. Konys, R. Bhattacharyay, Q. Huang, D. Obukhov, S. Smolentsev & M. Utili. (2015) Facilities, testing program and modeling needs for studying liquid metal magnetohydrodynamic flows in fusion blankets. Fusion Engineering and Design 100, pages 55-64.
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Leo Buhler & Chiara Mistrangelo. (2014) Liquid Metal MHD Flows Near Noninsulated Gaps Between Flow Channel Inserts in DCLL Blankets. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 42:3, pages 510-515.
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L. Bühler & C. Mistrangelo. (2013) Magnetohydrodynamic flows in breeder units of a HCLL blanket with spatially varying magnetic fields. Fusion Engineering and Design 88:9-10, pages 2314-2318.
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Ming-Jiu Ni. (2012) Recent advances in computational techniques for MHD flow and application to fusion. Fusion Engineering and Design 87:9, pages 1544-1549.
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Leo Buhler, Chiara Mistrangelo & Christina Koehly. (2012) Layout of an Experimental Liquid-Metal Circuit Based on MHD Considerations. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 40:3, pages 590-595.
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Ming-Jiu Ni & Jun-Feng Li. (2012) A consistent and conservative scheme for incompressible MHD flows at a low magnetic Reynolds number. Part III: On a staggered mesh. Journal of Computational Physics 231:2, pages 281-298.
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