A Study on the Flow Behavior of Magnetic Fluids in a half Circular Pipe

반원관내 자성유체의 자연대류에 관한 연구

In this paper, natural convection of a magnetic fluids(W-40) in a half circular pipe enclosure are investigated by numerical and experimental method. One side wall is kept at a constant temperature(25$^{\circ}C$), and the opposite side wall is also kept at a constant temperature(20$^{\circ}C$). Under above conditions, various magnitudes of the magnetic fields were applied up. Theoretical study through the governing equation derived by Siliomis is carried out with numerical analysis by the GSMAC Method. And the thermo-sensitive liquid crystal film(R20C5A) is utilized in order to visualize wall-temperature distributions as an experimental method. This study has resulted in the following fact that the natural convection of a magnetic fluids are controlled by the direction and intensity of the magnetic fields.