Magnetohydrodynamic Surface Waves

Author: Hoult, David Parks

Year: 1962

Degree: Dissertation (Ph.D.)

Advisor: Liepmann, Hans Wolfgang

Committee Member: Unknown, Unknown

Option: Aeronautics; Physics

DOI: 10.7907/RVM0-1T80

Abstract

This is an experimental and theoretical study of deep water gravity-like waves which are induced in a liquid metal by a changing magnetic field. The dominant feature of such waves is the emission of Alfven waves from the free surface. A linearized theory is derived and compared with experiments.

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