Solver Development for Three-Dimensional Magnetohydrodynamic Flow on a Collocated Structured Grid System Based on SIMPLE Method

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A steady state magnetohydrodynamic laminar solver with low magnetic Reynolds number has been developed in OpenFOAM platform. SIMPLE method has been used to solve the velocity vector and pressure. The induced electric potential and induced electric current has been solved according to a consistent and conservative scheme on a collocated structure grid. The solver has been validated by simulating Shercliff's case with medium Hartmann number. The results show that the numerical solution results match the analytical solutions well.

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