Engineering Magnetohydrodynamics - Brossura

Sutton, George W.; Sherman, Arthur

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0486450325 ISBN 13: 9780486450322

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2006

Riassunto

Suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in engineering, this text introduces the concepts of plasma physics and magnetohydrodynamics from a physical viewpoint. The first section of the three-part treatment deals mainly with the properties of ionized gases in magnetic and electric fields, essentially following the microscopic viewpoint. An introduction surveys the concepts of ionized gases and plasmas, together with a variety of magnetohydrodynamic regimes. A review of electromagnetic field theory follows, including motion of an individual charged particle and derivations of drift motions and adiabatic invariants. Additional topics include kinetic theory, derivation of electrical conductivity, development of statistical mechanics, radiation from plasma, and plasma wave motion.
Part II addresses the macroscopic motion of electrically conducting compressible fluids: magnetohydrodynamic approximations; description of macroscopic fluid motions; magnetohydrodynamic channel flow; methods of estimating channel-flow behavior; and treatment of magnetohydrodynamic boundary layers. Part III draws upon the material developed in previous sections to explore applications of magnetohydrodynamics. The text concludes with a series of problems that reinforce the teachings of all three parts.

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Contenuti

Part 1. Basic Principles 1. Introduction 2. The Electromagnetic Field 3. Motion of Charged Particles 4. Statistical Behavior of Plasmas 5. Conduction and Diffusion in Ionized Gases 6. Quantum Statistics and Ionization Phenomena 7. Electromagnetic Waves and Radiation in Plasmas Part II. Magnetohydrodynamic Flows 8. Magnetohydrodynamic Equations 9. Alfvén and Shock Waves 10. Exact Solutions for Magnetohydrodynamic Channel Flows 11. Channel Flows--Quasi-one-dimensional approximation 12. Boundary Layers III. Applications 13. Magnetohydrodynamic Propulsion 14. Magnetohydrodynamic Power Generation Problems Index

Product Description

The first section of this three-part treatment deals mainly with properties of ionized gases in magnetic and electric fields, essentially following the microscopic viewpoint. Part II addresses macroscopic motion of electrically conducting compressible fluids. Part III draws upon the material developed in previous sections to explore applications of magnetohydrodynamics. 1965 edition.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0486450325
• ISBN 13: 9780486450322
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 548
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Soc. Agr. La Raia Ss; http://www.la-raia.it; ; Strada Monterotondo, 79; Novi Ligure; 15067; Italia