Accession Number:

AD0692047

Title:

THE DISCONTINUITY THEORY IN MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS IN THE PRESENCE OF AN EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO

Personal Author(s):

• Ioffee,I. V.
• Saet,A. I.

Report Date:

1968-11-27

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

The structure of discontinuities is discussed in conducting fluids in the presence of external electric fields. It is shown that rarefaction wave is possible in liquid metals.

Descriptors:

• *MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
• ELECTRIC FIELDS
• ELECTRIC CURRENT
• LIQUID METALS
• USSR

Subject Categories:

• Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE