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The travelling-wave plasma converter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

H. K. Messerle
H. K. Messerle
Affiliation:
School of Electrical Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Abstract

The travelling-wave plasma converter is analyzed allowing for the compressible nature of the fluid. The study is restricted to conditions for which the magnetic Reynolds number is small. Steady and time-varying flow conditions are investigated using small perturbation theory. Relations for optimum conversion effectiveness are established and the effects of variable electrical conductivity are investigated. Conditions for electromechanical resonance are derived and it is shown that the conversion process introduces a damping effect.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , August 1964 , pp. 577 - 590
Copyright
© 1964 Cambridge University Press

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