TY - JOUR
T1 - Equilibrium shape of a molten silicon drop in an electromagnetic levitator in microgravity environment
AU - Asakuma, Y.
AU - Hahn, S. H.
AU - Sakai, Y.
AU - Tsukada, T.
AU - Hozawa, M.
AU - Matsumoto, T.
AU - Fujii, H.
AU - Nogi, K.
AU - Imaishi, N.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is the result of the “Technology for Production of High Quality Crystal” program, which is supported by the NEW Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) through the Japan Space Utilization Promotion Center (JSUP) in the program of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI).
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - For the electromagnetic levitation of a molten silk on drop in a microgravity environment, the effect of the electric current ratio of the heating coils to the levitation coils on the equilibrium drop shape was numerically investigated, using the mathematical model based on the hybrid finite element and boundary element methods. As a result, it was found that the drop shape becomes more prolate as the current ratio increases, and the calculated results were in good agreement with the experimental ones obtained in a microgravity environment using a drop tower.
AB - For the electromagnetic levitation of a molten silk on drop in a microgravity environment, the effect of the electric current ratio of the heating coils to the levitation coils on the equilibrium drop shape was numerically investigated, using the mathematical model based on the hybrid finite element and boundary element methods. As a result, it was found that the drop shape becomes more prolate as the current ratio increases, and the calculated results were in good agreement with the experimental ones obtained in a microgravity environment using a drop tower.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11663-000-0051-x
DO - 10.1007/s11663-000-0051-x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033743723
SN - 1073-5615
VL - 31
SP - 327
EP - 329
JO - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
JF - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
IS - 2
ER -