MEASUREMENT OF FLUID PROPERTIES FOR MAGNETOPLASMADYNAMIC POWER GENERATORS

Abstract

Contents: Resume of Progress; Test Results: MPD simulation, Cesium runs, Runs with variable magnetic fields, Runs with variable load resistor; Theoretical Investigations - Ionization in nonisothermal plasma, Buildup of nonequilibrium in a reacting plasma flow with transverse magnetic field: Reactive relaxation, Transverse Electron Drift, Intercomponent Thermal Nonequilibrium, Application.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 19, 1964
Accession Number
AD0440607

Entities

People

  • R. T. Schneider

Organizations

  • General Motors

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Charged Particles
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Energy Production
  • Energy Transfer
  • Equations
  • Generators
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Mass Flow
  • Mass Production
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Production

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics