Advances in Magnetohydrodynamics. Proceedings of a Colloquium Organized by the Department of Fuel Technology and Chemical Engineering at Sheffield University, October 1961

Content: Front Matter, Page iii Copyright, Page iv LIST OF SYMBOLS, Pages vii-x INTRODUCTION, Pages 1-5 GAS BRAKING PROCESSES IN MHD-TYPE ELECTRIC GENERATORS, Pages 7-17, A.G. BAILEY, D.J. HARRIS SOME ASPECTS OF THE THEORY OF MHD GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY, Pages 19-25, P.L. DAVIES ELECTRON TEMPERATURE IN THE RAPID EXPANSION OF A PLASMA FLOW, Pages 27-46, I.R. MCNAB, B.C. LINDLEY ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY OF FLAMES SEEDED WITH LARGE CONCENTRATIONS OF SODIUM, BARIUM, AND STRONTIUM, Pages 47-54, G.J. MULLANEY, N.R. DIBELIUS INITIAL EXPERIMENTS IN THE ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN 2 CM SHOCK TUBE, Pages 55-62,62a,62b,63, R.M. HOBSON, I. MCLAREN THE INFLUENCE OF THERMAL IONIZATION PROCESSES ON THE DESIGN OF A FOSSIL FUELLED MHD POWER GENERATOR, Pages 65-78, H. WILLIAMS, J.D. LEWIS, R.M. HOBSON OPTIMUM MACH NUMBER IN THE DIRECT CURRENT MHD GENERATOR, Pages 79-83, J.C. RALPH THE CONSTANT TEMPERATURE MHD GENERATOR, Pages 85-94, D.T. SWIFT-HOOK A MAGNETOPLASMADYNAMIC POWER GENERATION EXPERIMENT, Pages 95-102, B.C. LINDLEY THE MERCURY CLOSED-CYCLE EXPERIMENT, Pages 103-108, J.G. MACK, D.R. MEDHURST A.C. GENERATION, Pages 109-110,110a,110b,110c,110d,111-112, W.F.S. BUGDEN, R.B. CLARK, D.T. LAW, P.G. MEIER, S.W. TWAITES EXPERIMENTS WITH A MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC FUEL OIL RIG, Pages 113-116, J. MAYCOCK, J.A. NOÉ, J.K. WRIGHT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Pages 117-124,124a,125-132, DAVID C. DRYBURGH THE STEPS NECESSARY ON A NATIONAL BASIS TO PRODUCE A PRACTICAL MHD GENERATOR, Pages 133-138, M.W. THRING INDEX, Pages 139-140