Toroidal steady states in visco-resistive magnetohydrodynamics

Journal of Plasma Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-142

  Kamp, Leon P J ^a   Montgomery, David C ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; KINEMATICS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; STEADY FLOW; VISCOSITY;

COUETTE FLOW; ENERGY EQUATIONS; MASS DENSITY; MASS FLOW;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

EID: 2142706659     PISSN: 00223778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022377803002629     Document Type: Article

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