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CONTROLLING QUIESCENT OPERATION OF MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC SYSTEMS FOR METAL MANUFACTURING

  • US 20170252824A1
  • Filed: 03/06/2017
  • Published: 09/07/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2016
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method comprising:

  • providing a liquid metal in a fluid chamber at least partially defined by a housing, the fluid chamber having an inlet region and a discharge region;

    directing a magnetic field through the housing; and

    delivering a first electric current into the liquid metal in a firing chamber within the fluid chamber between the inlet region and the discharge region, the first electric current including a fluctuating electric current intersecting the magnetic field in the liquid metal to exert a pulsating force on a meniscus attached to the discharge region, the pulsating force on the liquid metal attached to the discharge region bouncing the meniscus attached to the discharge region.

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