Preface
Part A: The Fundamentals of MHD
Introduction: The Aims of Part A
1 A Qualitative Overview of MHD
1.1 What is MHD?
1.2 A Brief History of MHD
1.3 From Electrodynamics to MHD: A Simple Experiment
1.3.1 Some important parameters in electr0dynamics and MHD
1.3.2 A brief reminder of the laws of electrodynamics
1.3.3 A familiar high-school experiment
1.3.4 A summary of the key results for MHD
1.4 Some Simple Applications of MHD
2 The Governing Equations of Electrodynamics
3 The Governing Equations of Fluid Mechanics
4 Kinematics of MHD: Advection and Diffusion of a Magnetic Field
5 Dynamics at Low Magnetic Reynolds Numbers
6 Dynamics at Moderate to High Magnetic Reynolds’’ Number
7 MHD Turbulence at Low and High Magnetic Reynolds Number
8 Magnetic Stirring Using Rotating Fields
9 Magnetic Damping Using Static Fields
10 Axisymmetric Flws Driven by the Injection of Current
11 MHD Instabilities in Reduction Cells
12 High-Frequency Fields:Magnetic Levitation
Appendices
Bibliography
Subject Index
