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100 1 _aDavidson, P. A.
_q(Peter Alan),
_d1957-
_eauthor.
245 1 3 _aAn introduction to magnetohydrodynamics /
_cP.A. Davidson.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2001.
300 _a1 online resource (xviii, 431 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge texts in applied mathematics ;
_v25
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aMagnetic fields influence many natural and man-made flows. They are routinely used in industry to heat, pump, stir and levitate liquid metals. There is the terrestrial magnetic field which is maintained by fluid motion in the earth's core, the solar magnetic field, which generates sunspots and solar flares, and the galactic field which influences the formation of stars. This is an introductory text on magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) - the study of the interaction of magnetic fields and conducting fluids. This book is intended to serve as an introductory text for advanced undergraduates and postgraduate students in physics, applied mathematics and engineering. The material in the text is heavily weighted towards incompressible flows and to terrestrial (as distinct from astrophysical) applications. The final sections of the text also contain an outline of the latest advances in the metallurgical applications of MHD and so are relevant to professional researchers in applied mathematics, engineering and metallurgy.
650 0 _aMagnetohydrodynamics.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521791496
830 0 _aCambridge texts in applied mathematics ;
_v25.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511626333
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