Accession Number:

AD0423893

Title:

A CRITICAL SURVEY OF MAGNETOFLUID DYNAMICS. PART I: GENERAL DISCUSSION.

Descriptive Note:

Rept. for Feb 62-Mar 63,

Corporate Author:

MARYLAND UNIV COLLEGE PARK

Personal Author(s):

• Pai,Shih I.

Report Date:

1963-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

74.0

Abstract:

A critical survey of magneto-fluid dynamics is presented with special emphasis on the fundamental features of this branch of fluid dynamics and the new phenomena which differ from those of ordinary fluid dynamics. After some discussions of the fundamental equations of magnetofluid dynamics and their properties, several typical flow problems of magneto-fluid dynamics are analyzed which include one dimensional flow, MFD power generation, inviscid flows and viscous flows. Finally the need for good experimental investigations is pointed out and improvements and extensions of classical magnetofluid dynamics are briefly discussed. Author

Descriptors:

• *MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
• FLUID FLOW
• PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• GAS IONIZATION
• ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY
• MAGNETIC FIELDS
• ONE DIMENSIONAL FLOW
• PROPAGATION
• HALL EFFECT
• HEAT TRANSFER
• TEMPERATURE
• VISCOSITY

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE