Transient three-dimensional flow characteristics of Si melt in a czochralski configuration under a cusp-shaped magnetic field

Yoo Cheol Won, Koichi Kakimoto, Hiroyuki Ozoe

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Abstract

Transient three-dimensional numerical computations were carried out for the convection of silicon melt in a Czochralski configuration under a cusp-shaped magnetic field. Numerical conditions are Ha = 0 and 161 with Pr = 0.013, Ra = 3.92 × 10 5, Recr 1329, and Recu = -1596. Computed results show elliptic velocity and temperature profiles near the top of the melt that rotate in a circumferential direction of a crucible even under an axially symmetric cusp-shaped magnetic field at Ha = 161. Elliptic velocity and temperature distributions were stable but oscillating as a function of time. Velocity and temperature oscillation became a rather regular periodic structure under a cusp-shaped magnetic field in comparison with the nonmagnetic case.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)551-561
Number of pages11
JournalNumerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications
Volume36
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1999 Nov 1
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Numerical Analysis
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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