FUNDAMENTALS OF MHD FLOW.

Magnetohydrodynamic phenomena associated with crossed field devices are investigated. The working medium was assumed to be a partially ionized plasma at relatively low temperatures 1500 -3000 K, so that Magnetic Reynolds numbers were assumed to be much less than one. As a result, it was typically assumed that the applied magnetic field was not distorted by currents flowing in the plasma, although for some problems this simplification was not necessary. Several studies were made of the properties of the low temperature plasmas of interest. Then a large number of channel flow problems were analyzed and reported upon. Some magnetohydrodynamic boundary layer phenomena were next reviewed, and following this a broad review was made of the propulsion and power generation application areas. New concepts were developed for the macroscopic description of the non-equilibrium ionization idea.