- Research Article
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- 10.1016/j.cub.2010.03.045
Magnetoreception
- May 01, 2010
- Current Biology
- James L Gould
Magnetoreception
자성유체는 고액혼상유체로 뉴턴유체와 달리 자기력에 반응하는 유체이다. 본 연구에서는 금속과 유체의 특성을 겸비한 자성유체의 열전달 특성을 밀도 있게 연구함을 목적으로, 그 대상을 이중원관으로 하여 열대류현상을 고찰하기 위해 내부원관을 가열하고, 외부원관을 냉각하면서, 또한 외부에서 인가자장의 세기와 방향에 따라 자연대류 현상의 변화 및 열전달 특성을 수치해석적으로 연구하여, 실험결과와 비교 검토하였다. 자성유체의 자연대류현상은 인가자장에 따라 제어할 수 있었고, 평균 뉴셀트수를 구한 결과로서 자장을 가하지 않았을 경우와 비교해 보면 열전달은 자장을 중력방향으로 가하거나 중력과 반대방향으로 그세기를 -14 mT이상 가했을 때 증가하였고, 중력과 반대방향으로 감했을 때 감소하였다. 특히 자장의 세기가 -14 mT가 되면 열전달은 최소가 되었다. Compared with Newtonial fluids, magnetic fluids have effects on magnetic force. In this study, the purpose is to research the heat transfer characteristic of magnetic fluids which have metalic and fluid characteristics as the external pipe is being cooled and internal pipe is heated. This study found the experimental results from the study of the variety of natural convection for magnetic fluids and the characteristics of the heat transfer by using numerical analysis according to the strength and direction of the magnetic fields from being imposed from the outside. Natural convection of magnetic fluids was controlled by the impressed magnetic fields, and the result of mean nusselt number was calculated. If the impressed magnetic field is in the direction of gravity or the strength of impressed magnetic field is more than -14 mT in the opposite direction, the heat transfer is more than that without the impressed magnetic field. If the strength of impressed magnetic field is less than -14 mT in the opposite direction, it is smaller than that without the impressed magnetic field. Especially, when the strength of the magnetic field is -14 mT, the heat transfer was at the minimum.
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