Electronic edition ISSN 1574-0579

Approximate calculation of velocity fields in cylindrical and flat MHD channels

B. N. Siplivyi

Abstract
The calculation of velocity fields in cylindrical and flat MHD channels is solved. Approximate flow equations are used which were obtained by evaluation of terms in the Navier-Stokes equations. For a noninductive approximation, the calculations of velocity fields reduces to a solution of an integral Fredholm equation of the second kind. As an example, the velocity distribution in a flat MHD channel in a transverse nonuniform magnetic field is calculated.