Electronic edition ISSN 1574-0579

On employment of generalized virtual work principle in ferrohydrodynamics. 1. Magnetic fluid with free magnetization

V. V. Sokolov¹ , V. V. Tolmachev²

¹ Moscow State Academy for Instrument Engineering and Information Science, 107846, Moscow, Russia
² N.E.Bauman Moscow State Technical University, 107005, Moscow, Russia

Abstract
On using the principle of virtual work the macroscopic equations of motion for nonconductive ideal magnetic fluid with free magnetization are derived. The complete set of the necessary and sufficient conditions of the equilibrium of magnetic fluid is discussed in detail. Refs. 6.