The relationship between melt shape, electromagnetic pressure and magnetic
field is studied for electromagnetic confinement and shaping of plate-form
part. The results of experimental observation and theoretical inference can
be summarized as follows. As the melt thickness a is large enough, causing
the ratio of plate thickness to current theoretic skin depth a/delta large
r than 2.2, the electromagnetic pressure acting on melt can be simply expre
ssed as P-m = B-2/2 mu, and the melt shape would be known only by measuring
the distribution of magnetic flux density As a is small and makes the rati
o a/delta less than 2.2, the melt shape and electromagnetic pressure for co
nfining and shaping are determined not only by magnetic flux density B but
also by melt thickness a, electromagnetic parameter mu gamma and current fr
equency f. In this paper, an equation used to calculate electromagnetic pre
ssure acting on "thin plate-form melt" is brought forward. The equation giv
es a precise relationship between electromagnetic pressure factor p and mel
t thickness a, electromagnetic parameter mu gamma and current frequency f.