Magnetohydrodynamics Historical Evolution and Trends /

• Main Authors: Molokov, Sergei (Author), Moreau, René (Author), Moffatt, Keith (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: Fluid Mechanics And Its Applications, 80
• Subjects: Physics.; Fluids.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Astrophysics.; Nuclear fusion.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Nuclear Fusion.
• Physical Description: X, 410 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9781402048333
• ISSN: 0926-5112 ;

Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) studies the interaction between the flow of an electrically conducting fluid and magnetic fields. It involves such diverse topics as the evolution and dynamics of astrophysical objects, thermonuclear fusion, metallurgy and semiconductor crystal growth, etc. Although the first ideas in magnetohydrodynamics appeared at the beginning of the last century, the "explosion" in theoretical and experimental studies occurred in the 1950s-60s. This state-of-the-art book aims at revising the evolution of ideas in various branches of magnetohydrodynamics (astrophysics, earth and solar dynamos, plasmas, MHD turbulence and liquid metals) and reviews current trends and challenges.