Experimental Investigation of Magnetically-Induced Thermal Conductance Variations in a Ferromagnetic Nanofluid

Author(s):  
Alexander M. Gardner ◽  
Indira Seshadri ◽  
Ganpati Ramanath ◽  
Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc

Ferrofluids have been the subject of great interest in engineering because of their unique flow characteristics under magnetic fields (Rosensweig, 1987). However, there are limited experiments which show the potential of ferrofluids to undergo controlled changes in thermal conductivity (Philip et al., 2008) under magnetic fields. The purpose of this experiment is to investigate thermal transport in ferrofluids. A test apparatus was designed and the thermal resistance of a commercially available ferromagnetic fluid within a test cell was measured as a function of the applied magnetic field.

Author(s):  
Arian Mayelifartash ◽  
Mohammad Ali Abdol ◽  
Sadegh Sadeghzadeh

In this paper, by employing non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations (NEMD), the thermal conductance of hybrid formed by polyaniline (C3N) and boron carbide (BC3) in both armchair and zigzag configurations has...


This year marks not only the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first manned landing on the Moon ( Apollo 11 ) but also the thirty-fifth anniversary of the first planetary missions. The latter was the Soviet Luna 1 and 2 carrying magnetometers to test whether the Moon possessed a global magnetic field. Luna 1 passed the Moon but Luna 2 crash landed, both showed that the Moon had no magnetic field as large as 50 or 100 y (1 y = 10 -5 G = 10 -9 T). Such an experiment had been proposed by S. Chapman ( Nature 160, 395 (1947)) to test a speculative hypothesis concerning magnetic fields of cosmic bodies by P. M. S. Blackett ( Nature 159, 658 (1947)). Chapman’s suggestion was greeted by general amusement: 12 years later it was accomplished. Also two years after the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957, Luna 3 was launched and for the first time viewed the far side of the Moon on 9 October, 1959. Laboratories from many countries were invited by NASA to take part in the analysis of rocks returned from the Apollo missions and later from the Soviet automated return of cores from the lunar regolith. British laboratories were very active in this work, and a review of the results of the new understanding of the Moon as a result of space missions formed the subject of a Royal Society Discussion Meeting in 1975 (published in Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond . A 285). British laboratories received samples from the automated Soviet missions that took cores from the regolith and returned them to Earth. Work on Luna 16 and 20 samples were published in Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond . A 284 131-177 (1977) and on Luna 24 in Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond . A 297 1-50 (1979).


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stas Barabash ◽  
Andrii Voshchepynets ◽  
Mats Holmström ◽  
Futaana Yoshifumi ◽  
Robin Ramstad

<p>Induced magnetospheres of non-magnetized atmospheric bodies like Mars and Venus are formed by magnetic fields of ionospheric currents induced by the convective electric field E = - V x B/c of the solar wind. The induced magnetic fields create a magnetic barrier which forms a void of the solar wind plasma, an induced magnetosphere. But what happens when the interplanetary magnetic field is mostly radial and the convective field E ≈ 0? Do a magnetic barrier and solar wind void form? If yes, how such a degenerate induced magnetosphere work? The question is directly related to the problem of the atmospheric escape due to the interaction with the solar and stellar winds. The radial interplanetary magnetic field in the inner solar system is typical for the ancient Sun conditions and exoplanets on near-star orbits. Also, the radial interplanetary field may provide stronger coupling of the near-planet environment with the solar/stellar winds and thus effectively channels the solar/stellar wind energy to the ionospheric ions. We review the current works on the subject, show examples of degenerate induced magnetospheres of Mars and Venus from Mars Express, Venus Express, and MAVEN measurements and hybrid simulations, discuss physics of degenerate induced magnetospheres, and impact of such configurations on the escape processes.</p>


2016 ◽  
Vol 699 ◽  
pp. 31-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduard Chirila ◽  
Ionel Chirica ◽  
Doina Boazu ◽  
Elena Felicia Beznea

The paper addresses the study of the damping characteristics estimation and behaviour of the magnetorheological elastomers (MREs) in the absence of magnetic field. This type of material actively changes the size, internal structure and viscoelastic characteristics under the external influences. These particular composite materials whose characteristics can vary in the presence of a magnetic fields are known as smart materials. The feature which causes the variation of properties in magnetic fields is explained by the existence of polarized particles which change the material form by energy absorbing. Damping is a special characteristic that influences the vibratory of the mechanical system. As an effect of this property is the reducing of the vibration amplitudes by dissipating the energy stored during the vibratory moving. The main characteristic that is based on the determination of the damping coefficient is the energy loss, which is the subject of the present paper. Before to start the characteristics determination in the presence of the magnetic field, it is necessary to study these characteristics in the absence of magnetic field. The MRE specimens have been manufactured and tested under the light conditions (non magnetic field). A special experimental test rig was built to investigate the response of the MRE specimens under the charging force. The experimental results show that the loss energy of the MRE specimen can be determined from the charging-discharging curves versus displacement. The results of the MRE specimen are presented in this paper: MRE with feromagnetic particles not exposed in magnetic field during fabrication.


Author(s):  
Е.С. Дзлиева ◽  
Л.А. Новиков ◽  
С.И. Павлов ◽  
В.Ю. Карасев

AbstractA glow discharge dusty plasma in a magnetic trap in which the current channel narrows is obtained in moderate magnetic fields up to 3000 G. The results of initial experiments are reported. The formation of stable dusty plasma structures rotating at record-high angular velocities up to 15 rad/s is observed. The dependence of the angular velocity on the strength of the applied magnetic field is measured experimentally. We interpret it quantitatively on the basis of the ion drag force.


2006 ◽  
Vol 129 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Wang ◽  
N. Ma

During the vertical Bridgman process, a single semiconductor crystal is grown by the solidification of an initially molten semiconductor contained in an ampoule. The motion of the electrically conducting molten semiconductor can be controlled with an externally applied magnetic field. This paper treats the flow of a molten semiconductor and the dopant transport during the vertical Bridgman process with a periodic transverse or rotating magnetic field. The frequency of the externally applied magnetic field is sufficiently low that this field penetrates throughout the molten semiconductor. Dopant distributions in the crystal are presented.


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