Liquid-metal flows [[electronic resource] ] : magnetohydrodynamics and applications / / edited by Herman Branover, Michael Mond, Yeshajahu Unger

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781421903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c1988
• ISBN: 1-60086-586-0; 1-60086-367-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (637 p.)
• Collana: Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; ; v. 111
• Altri autori (Persone): BranoverHerman <1931->; MondMichael; UngerYeshajahu
• Disciplina: 629.1 s; 620.1/06
• Soggetti: Fluid dynamics; Liquid metals; Magnetohydrodynamics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Technical papers from the proceedings of the Fifth Beer-Sheva International Seminar on Magnetohydrodynamic Flow and Turbulence, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel, March 2-6, 1987."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter I. Laminar MHD Flows""; ""Three-Dimensional Laminar MHD Flow in Ducts with Thin Metal Walls and Strong Magnetic Fields""; ""MHD Flows with Closed Streamlines""; ""Magnetically Driven Secondary Flows in Annular Cavities""; ""Experience with Permanent Magnet Probes for the Measurement of Local Velocities in Liquid Metals""; ""Local Measurements of a Magnetic Perturbation Field in the Up- and Downstream Wake of a Cylinder""; ""Nonlinear Wave of Liquid Metals under a Transverse Magnetic Field""; ""Investigation of Pressure Losses and Apparent Viscosity Incurred by Periodic Electromagnetic Forces""""Chapter II. MHD Power Generation""; ""Liquid-Metal MHD Conversion of Nuclear Energy to Electricity: ; Possibilities and Implications""; ""Hybrid OMACON: An Optimum Liquid-Metal MHD System Configuration?""; ""Application Studies for the OMACON Liquid-Metal MHD Concept""; ""Testing of OMACON-Type MHD Power Systems""; ""Liquid/Gas Separation Study in Liquid-Metal MHD Systems""; ""Liquid Jet Gas Pump as Mixer Element withTwo-Phase Liquid Metal MHD Generator and Compressor Systems""; ""Some Aspects of a Liquid-Metal Induction Generator""""High-Efficiency Flow Coupler:A New Approach to Pumping Sodium in Liquid-Metal Reactors""; ""Feasibility Study on using Homopolar Motors Coupled to Synchronous Generators to Convert DC Power from a Liquid-Metal MHD System to AC Power""; ""MFD Applications of Electromagnetic Field Solutions in Multilayered Geometries""; ""Some of the MHD Effects in Liquid-Metal Fast Breeder Reactors""; ""Observation of Magnetic Field Generation and Distortion in the Phenix Liquid-Metal Fast Breeder Reactor""; ""Plasma-Driven MHD Powerplant""; ""Chapter III. Metallurgical Applications""""Metallurgy + MHD = Innovative Technologies""; ""Turbulent Recirculating Flows in Liquid-Metal MHD""; ""Modeling Recirculating Flows in Channel Induction Furnaces""; ""Primary and Secondary Flows in the Rotary Magnetic Stirring of Molten Steel""; ""Hydrodynamics of Aluminum Reduction Cells""; ""Numerical Coupled Model for Electromagnetic Stirring in Continuous Casting of Steel""; ""Horizontal Moldless Electromagnetic Continuous Casting: A Normal Mode Stability Analysis""; ""Free Surface Determination in Levitation Melting Process""; ""Solidification of a Pure Metal in the Presence of Rotating Flows""""Chapter IV. Two-Phase Flow""; ""Computational Methods for Two-Phase Flow in Networks""; ""Parametric Interactions of Waves in Bubbly Liquid Metals""; ""Occurrence of Cavitation in Water Jets""; ""Two-Phase Flow Diagnostics in Reactive Systems""; ""Author Index""