Abstract

The laminar fully developed magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) and thermal flow of a liquid metal into a curved annular duct of circular cross section, subjected to a transverse external magnetic field, is studied in the present work. The cylinders are maintained at different uniform temperatures, thus buoyancy forces between the walls are created. Applying our computational methodology, computational results are obtained for different values of curvature (0-0.2), Reynolds number (100-2000), Grashof number (0 – 10⁶) and Hartmann number (0-2000). The magnitude of the velocity is determined by the balance of the centrifugal, buoyancy and electromagnetic forces.