Magnetohydrodynamics : lecture notes of the 1999 summer school organised by IUTAM and HYDROMAG, [held in Udine from 21 to 25 June 1999

This book is an introduction to terrestial magnetohydrodynamics. It is a compendium of introductory lectures by experts in the field, focussing on applications in industry and the laboratory. A concise overview of the subject with references to further study. Front Matter....Pages ii-vii Liquid Metal Magneto-Hydraulics Flows in Ducts and Cavities....Pages 1-67 MHD Turbulence at Low and High Magnetic Reynolds Number....Pages 69-92 MHD at large Magnetic Reynolds number....Pages 93-108 Computational Magnetohydrodynamics Part I — Fundamentals....Pages 109-127 Computational MHD Part II — Application to a Nonlinear Dynamo Model....Pages 129-143 Computational MHD Part III — Application to Electromagnetic Control of Convective Flows....Pages 145-161