Affiliations: [a] College of Information Science and Engineering,
Northeastern University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China | [b] State Key Laboratory of Synthetical Automation for
Process Industries, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Correspondence:
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Corresponding author: Yong Zhao, College of Information Science
and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, Liaoning, China.
Tel.: +86 024 83687266; E-mail: zhaoyong@ise.neu.edu.cn
Abstract: Magnetic fluid was a novel functional material with many unique
properties, especially in the case that the magnetic field was applied. It was
found that the special properties of magnetic fluid were determined by its
unique microstructure. Then, the special properties could be understood
fundamentally by researching the extraordinary nature of the microstructure of
the magnetic fluid. At the same time, it was a good theoretic guidance for the
experimental research on the properties of magnetic fluid to make clear about
the microstructure model theoretically. Therefore, it was particularly
important to study the simulation methods to obtain the microstructure of
magnetic fluid. The development of the microstructure simulation methods of
magnetic fluid were introduced in this article, and the basic principles of
various simulation methods were expounded in detail. The features of each
microstructure simulation methods of magnetic fluid were summarized and
compared with each other. Finally, the key problems and research direction of
the numerical simulation method in the future were described.
Keywords: Magnetic fluid, magnetic field, microstructure, simulation methods
