Magnetohydrodynamic behavior under current impulse excitation

Author

Shi Wu, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Document Type

Thesis

Date of Award

10-31-1993

Degree Name

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering - (M.S.)

Department

Electrical Engineering

First Advisor

K. Denno

Second Advisor

Walid Hubbi

Third Advisor

Edip Niver

Abstract

The effects of magnetic field on magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) channel flow between two parallel plates of infinite extent are investigated. The applied magnetic field is due to an infinite impulse current-carrying conductor located a small distance below the lower channel wall. Influence of the induced magnetic field, such that the magnetic Reynolds number (R_m) is less than unity but greater than zero, is included. The solution is obtained using the perturbation theory in the expansion of the field components in a double-power series in R_m and I. Calculations for the magneto-fluid components were carried out using personal computer. The computer programming is focused on the component of induced magnetic field B_x1. It covers every single term of the tangential induced magnetic field component B_x1, and the total component. The results can be used to develop applying impulse acceleration of exhaust plasma in a fusion-MHD power generator.

Recommended Citation

Wu, Shi, "Magnetohydrodynamic behavior under current impulse excitation" (1993). Theses. 2202.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/2202