Metallurgical technologies, energy conversion, and magnetohydrodynamic flows / / editors, Herman Branover, Yeshajahu Unger

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827781003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C. : , : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, , 1993
• ISBN: 1-60086-621-2; 1-60086-402-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (746 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Progress in astronautics and aeronautics, , 0079-6050 ; ; v. 148
• Altri autori (Persone): BranoverHerman <1931->; UngerYeshajahu
• Soggetti: Metallurgy; Direct energy conversion; Magnetohydrodynamics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Technical papers from the proceedings of the sixth Beer-Sheva International Seminar on Magnetohydrodynamic Flows and Turbulence, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel, February 25-March 2, 1990, and subsequently revised for this volume."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Chapter 1. Metallurgical Technologies""; ""Metallurgical Applications of Magnetohydrodynamics""; ""Research and Development in the Field of MHD Devices Utilizing Liquid Working Medium for Process Applications""; ""Application of MHD Facilities to Technology""; ""Electromagnetic Modulation of Molten Metal Flow""; ""Superconducting MHD Devices: Parametric Study of an Electromagnetic Pump Performance""; ""Induction Electromagnetic Pumps for Alkali Metals: Status and Perspectives""; ""Physical Model for Electromagnetically Driven Flow in Channel Induction Furnaces"" ""Grain Refinement in Aluminum Alloys by an Electromagnetic Vibrational Method""; ""Dendrite Growth of Solidifying Metal in DC Magnetic Field""; ""MHD Means for Affecting Hydrodynamics, Heat Transfer, and Mass Transfer at Single Crystal Melt Growth""; ""Inverse Electromagnetic Shaping Problem""; ""Chapter 2. ; Energy Conversion""; ""Major Engineering Physics for Optimization of the Sea water Superconducting Electromagnetic Thruster""; ""Liquid-Metal MHD Research and Development in Israel""; ""OMACON Technology for Seawater Desalination"" ""MHD Generator for Waste Heat Utilization in Northern Conditions""; ""Recent Results on LMMHD Induction Generators""; ""Analytical and Experimental Studies of End Effects in an LMMHD Generator""; ""Theoretical Magnetic Field Distributions Eliminating End Losses in Linear High Magnetic Reynolds Number MHD Channels""; ""Embrittlement of Steels by Lead""; ""Materials Compatibility of Mercury for Practical Applications at Elevated Temperatures""; ""Status of MHD Energy Conversion Research in Poland""; ""Open Cycle Disk Generator Operating Conditions"" ""Conceptual Design of an MHD Retrofit of the Corette Plant in Billings, Montana""; ""Constricted Discharges in Ar-Cs MHD Generators""; ""Pseudo Two-Phase Flow in an Open-Cycle MHD Generator""; ""Analysis of Flow Parameters in MHD Channel at Various Load Conditions""; ""Simulation and Comparison with the Experiment: The Dynamic Processes in an MHD Facility Flow Train""; ""Acceleration of Gas-Liquid Piston Flows for Molten-Metal MHD Generators""; ""Recent Developments in Liquid-Metal MHD Thermoacoustic Engines""; ""Chapter 3. Magnetohydrodynamic Flows"" ""Interfacial Instabilities in the Presence of Electric Current and Magnetic Field""; ""Survey of Liquid-Metal MHD Activities in Dresden""; ""Experiments with a Superconducting Magnet on an InGaSn Loop""; ""Comparison of the Core Flow Solution and the Full Solution for MHD Flow""; ""Hydrodynamics and Heat Transfer of Thin Liquid-Metal Films in a Magnetic Field""; ""Effects of a Vertical Magnetic Field on Rayleigh-Benard Convection in Mercury""; ""MHD Flow Around a Cylinder in an Aligned Magnetic Field""; ""Electromagnetically Driven Flow Around a Cylinder""