Prof. Dr. Elmars Blums

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsExperimental Condensed Matter Physics,Fluid Mechanics
KeywordsMagnetische Flüssigkeiten, Thermomagnetophorese, Thermomagnetische Konvektion, Soret-Effekt

Current contact address

CountryLatvia
CitySalaspils
InstitutionUniversity of Latvia
InstituteInstitute of Physics
Homepagewww.lza.lv/scientists/blumse.htm

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Hans J. RathFachgebiet Technische Mechanik und Strömungslehre, Universität Bremen, Bremen
Prof. Dr. Stefan OdenbachFachgebiet Technische Mechanik und Strömungslehre, Universität Bremen, Bremen
Prof. Dr. Stefan OdenbachInstitut für Strömungsmechanik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/1999

Programme(s)

1999Humboldt Research Award Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2002Elmars Blums: Heat and Mass Transfer Phenomena. In: Stefan Odenbach, Ferrofluids. Springer, 2002. 124-139
2002Elmars Blums: Thermodiffusion in magnetic fluids. In: Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2002, 218-220
2002Elmars Blums: Thermodiffusive Separation of Ferrofluids in Vertical Column under the Effect of a Combined Thermal and Soret Driven Convection. In: Magnetohydrodynamics, 2002, 253-264
2002Elmars Blums: Thermophoretic separation of a ferrofluid-water emulsion: preliminary experiments. In: Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2002, 215-217
2001Elmars Blums: Dynamics of thermodiffusive separation of ferrocolloids in vertical columns: the effect of solute buoyancy. In: Magnetohydrodynamics, 2001, 187-194
2001Elmars Blums: Thermodiffusive processes in ferrofluids. In: Magnetohydrodynamics, 2001, 274-278
2000Elmars Blums: Thermophoretic separation of ultrafine particles in ferrofluids in thermal diffusion column under the effect of an MHD convection. In: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2000, 1637-1649