SOLUTIONS OF MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC PROBLEMS BASED ON A CONVENTIONAL COMPUTATIONAL FLUID-DYNAMICS CODE

It is pointed out that there exists a hidden analogy between magnetohy drodynamic (MHD) and conventional computational fluid dynamic (CFD) eq uations. This allows the generalization of any conventional CFD code s o that the effects of MHD can be accounted for. This generalization is actually made for the FLUENT CFD code. Although this generalized FLUE NT code can easily be adjusted to any MI-ID environment, it has been s pecifically designed for metallurgical applications. Predictions of th e code are validated against the analytical solutions for the Poiseuil le-Hartmann flow and for the shielding of magnetic field oscillations by a conducting medium (skin effect).