Introduction to magnetohydrodynamics
Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) plays a crucial role in astrophysics, planetary magnetism, engineering and controlled nuclear fusion. This comprehensive textbook emphasizes physical ideas, rather than mathematical detail, making it accessible to a broad audience. Starting from elementary chapters on flui...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2017
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| Edition: | Second edition |
| Series: | Cambridge texts in applied mathematics
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- A qualitative overview of MHD
- The governing equations of electrodynamics
- A first course in fluid dynamics
- The governing equations of MHD
- Kinematics: advection, diffusion & intensification of magnetic fields
- Dynamics at low magnetic Reynolds number
- Dynamics at high magnetic Reynolds number
- An introduction to turbulence
- MHD turbulence at low and high magnetic Reynolds number
- The world of metallurgical MHD
- The generation and suppression of motion in castings
- Axisymmetric flows driven by the injection of current
- MHD instabilities in aluminium reduction cells
- The geodynamo
- Stellar magnetism
- Plasma containment in fusion reactors