Liquid Metal Magnetohydrodynamics

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Liquid Metal in a Strong Magnetic Field....Pages 3-12
Numerical Solutions of Three-Dimenstional MHD Flows in Strong Non-Uniform Transverse Magnetic Fields....Pages 13-19
MHD-Flows at High R m , N and Ha....Pages 21-27
MHD Pressure Drop of Liquid Metal Flow in Circular and Rectangular Ducts under Transverse Magnetic Field....Pages 29-36
Linear Approximation Application Limits in MHD-Flow Theory for Strong Magnetic Fields.Experimental Results....Pages 37-43
Front Matter....Pages 45-45
Application of the Core Flow Approach to MHD Fluid Flow in Geometric Elements of a Fusion Reactor Blanket....Pages 47-53
Experimental and Theoretical Work on MHD at the Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe the MEKKA-Program....Pages 55-61
Liquid Metal Turbulent Flow Phenomena and Their Implications on Fusion Reactor Blanket Design....Pages 63-69
Experimental Investigation of 3-D MHD Flows at High Hartmann Number and Interaction Parameter....Pages 71-77
Magnetohydrodynamics in Nuclear Energetics....Pages 79-88
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
Liquid Metal Flows with Polydispersed Solid and Gaseous Inclusions....Pages 91-96
Dispersion of Small Particles in MHD Flows....Pages 97-102
Two-Phase Flow Studies in Mercury-Air Liquid Metal MHD Generators....Pages 103-109
Liquid Metal MHD Generators in Two-Phase Flow Systems....Pages 111-118
Modelling of Magnetohydrodynamic Two-Phase Flow in Pipe....Pages 119-125
Melt Magnetohydrodynamics of Single Crystal Growth....Pages 127-133
The Effect of Electromagnetic Field on Semiconductor Single Crystal Growth and Characteristics....Pages 135-143
Gas Bubbles Motion during Vacuum Treatment of Liquid Aluminium in MDV-Type Devices....Pages 145-151
MHD Turbulence Decay behind Spatial Grids....Pages 153-159
The Effect of a Uniform Magnetic Field on Stability, Transition and Turbulence as a Control Means for Liquid Metal Flow Mixing....Pages 161-166
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
Electrically Induced Vortical Flows....Pages 169-178
Liquid Metal Flow near Magnetic Neutral Points....Pages 179-185
Modelling of Electrically Induced Flows for Studying Current Carrying Melts of Electrometallurgical Devices....Pages 187-193
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Amplitude Evolution of Interfacial Waves in Aluminium Reduction Cells....Pages 197-204
Physical and Mathematical Modeling of MHD-Processes in Aluminium Reduction Cell....Pages 205-211
On the Analysis by Perturbation Methods of the Anodic Current Fluctuations in an Electrolytic Cell for Aluminium Production....Pages 213-219
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Fluid Flows Induced by Alternating Magnetic Fields....Pages 223-232
Fluid Metal Flow Study in an Induction Furnace Based on Numerical Simulation....Pages 233-239
A High Frequency Induction Furnace for Oxide Melting....Pages 241-246
Directional Melt-Flow in Channel Induction Furnaces....Pages 247-253
Characteristic Properties of MHD Flow in Magnetodynamic Pumps....Pages 255-261
Front Matter....Pages 263-263
Deflection of a Stream of Liquid Metal by Means of an Alternating Magnetic Field....Pages 265-271
The Shape of Liquid Metal Jets under a Uniform Transverse Magnetic Field....Pages 273-279
Electromagnetic Control of Liquid Metal Free Surfaces....Pages 281-286
Deformation of an Electrically Conducting Drop in a Magnetic Field....Pages 287-292
Controlled Decomposition of Liquid Metal Jets and Films in Technological and Power Devices....Pages 293-298
Front Matter....Pages 299-299
More Accurate Skin-Depth Approximations....Pages 301-307
Overall and Local Thickness Measurement of Layers with Differing Electrical Properties....Pages 309-316
Determination of MHD Machine Parameters Using the ID Model of a Nonuniform Flow....Pages 317-323
Experimental and Theoretical Studies on the Stability of Induction Pumps at Large Rm Numbers....Pages 325-331
Front Matter....Pages 299-299
3500 m 3 /h MHD Pump for Fast Breeder Reactor....Pages 333-338
Self-Excitation of Liquid Metal MHD Generators....Pages 339-346
Comprehensive Study on the MHD Phenomena in the Metal Pool with the Single-Phase Induction Coil....Pages 347-354
Grain Refinement in Continuously Cast Ingots of Light Metals by Electromagnetic Casting....Pages 355-361
Liquid Metal Flow Control Using A.C. Fields....Pages 363-370
Front Matter....Pages 371-371
Diagnostics of Liquid Metal Flows Using Fibre-Optic Velocity Sensor....Pages 373-379
On Local Measurements of the Up and Downstream Magnetic Wake of a Cylinder at Low Magnetic Reynolds Number....Pages 381-390
Metallurgical Aspects of Electromagnetic Processing of Materials....Pages 391-400
Front Matter....Pages 401-401
Liquid Metal MHD and the Geodynamo....Pages 403-412
The Helical MHD Dynamo....Pages 413-419
The Ponomarenko Dynamo....Pages 421-424
MHD Phenomena in Fast Neutron Reactors with a Liquid Metal Heat Carrier....Pages 425-429
Front Matter....Pages 431-431
The Effect of Initial and Boundary Conditions upon the Formation and Development of MHD Turbulence Structure....Pages 433-439
Two-Dimensional M.H.D. Turbulence....Pages 441-448
MHD Instabilities and Turbulence in Liquid Metal Shear Flows....Pages 449-454
Front Matter....Pages 455-455
Dispersion and Chaos in Linear Arrays of Vortices....Pages 457-463
Stability of Magnetohydrodynamic Flow over a Stretching Sheet....Pages 465-471
Stability of Closed Azimuthal Jet of Liquid Metal....Pages 473-479
Back Matter....Pages 481-481