Engineering Magnetohydrodynamics (Dover Civil and Mechanical Engineering)

Sutton, George W.; Sherman, Arthur

ISBN 10: 0486450325 / ISBN 13: 9780486450322

Published by Dover Publications, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Engineering Magnetohydrodynamics (Dover Civil and Mechanical Engineering)
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486450325
• ISBN 13: 9780486450322
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.