Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter I. Laminar MHD Flows -- Laminar Duct Flows in Strong Magnetic Fields -- Approximate Side Layer Solutions for a Liquid Metal Flow in a Rectangular Duct with a Strong Nonuniform Magnetic Field -- Applications of MHD Flows Between Rotating Disks -- Unsteady Magnetoaerodynamic Supersonic Flows Past Oscillating Thin Bodies and Lifting Surfaces -- Chapter II. MHD and HD Turbulence -- Two-Dimensional Behavior of Electrically Driven Flows at High Hartmann Numbers -- Transition from Three-Dimensional to Quasi-Two-Dimensional MHD Grid Turbulence -- Direct Numerical Simulation of Two-Dimensional Turbulence -- Experiments in Duct Flows with Reversed Turbulent Energy Cascades -- Direct Numerical Simulation of Three-Dimensional Convection in Liquid Metals -- Magneto-Fluid-Mechanic Turbulent Vortex Streets -- Numerical Simulation of Homogeneous Turbulence Submitted to Two Successive Plane Strains and to Solid Body Rotation -- Sensitivity of Turbulent Channel Flow to the Interactions at the Perimeter -- Electrogasdynamic and Kinetic Phenomena in Diffuse Electrical Discharges in Turbulent Gas Flows -- Homotopic Structural Invariants in HD and MHD Turbulence -- Chapter III. Two-Phase Flows -- Liquid Metal Magneto-Fluid-Mechanic Turbubblence -- Bubble Growth in a Superheated Liquid Metal in a Uniform Magnetic Field -- Analysis of Two-Phase MHD Flow in Converging-Diverging Ducts -- Stability of Two-Phase Liquid Metal MHD Channel Flow -- An Analytical Model for Bubbly Flow -- Computer Modeling for Single-Phase Reacting Flow Patterns -- Two-Phase Flow Measurement Using a Modified Laser Doppler Anemometry System -- Chapter IV. MHD Power Generation and Application to Fission and Fusion Reactors -- Liquid Metal MHD Power Generation-Its Evolution and Status -- Tin-Water Faraday Generator.

The ETGAR Liquid Metal MHD Project -- Investigation of a Lithium-Caesium Faraday Converter -- The Feasibility of Remote Power Generation Based on LMMHD and Biomass Energy -- Interaction of Hall Currents and Turbulent Boundary Layers in Closed-Cycle MHD Experiments -- Streamer Dynamics in MHD Generators -- Magneto-Fluid-Dynamic Issues for Fusion First-Wall and Blanket Systems -- Experiments on a Large Thin-Wall Duct -- Demonstration of Flow Couplers for the LMFBR -- Disk Generator Performance Prospects -- High-Temperature Liquid Metal MHD Solar Thermal Systems -- Chapter V. Metallurgical Applications -- Metallurgical Applications of MHD -- Current Paths and MHD in Vacuum Arc Remelting -- Electromagnetic Modelization of Cold Crucibles -- Shaping of Liquid Metal Cylinders -- Shield Effects in Continuous Electromagnetic Casting -- Investigation of the Turbulent Flow in an Induction Furnace Supplied with Various Frequencies -- The Electromagnetic Force of Narrow Stirring Inductors -- Study of the Electromagnetic Features in Channel Induction Furnaces -- Hartmann Layers in Slowly Solidifying Liquids -- Stirring an Aluminum Ingot Mold with a Linear Motor:Electromagnetic, Hydrodynamic, and Thermal Effects -- Author Index.