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magnetohydrodynamics
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thumbnail|The plasma making up the Sun can be modeled as an MHD system
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Encyclopedic overview
24 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Equations
- Ideal MHD
- Ideal MHD equations
- Applicability of ideal MHD to plasmas
- Importance of resistivity
- Structures in MHD systems
- Waves
- Extensions
- Limitations
- Importance of kinetic effects
- Applications
- Geophysics
- Earthquakes
- Space physics
- Astrophysics
- Magnetic confinement fusion
- Sensors
- Engineering
- Magnetic drug targeting
- See also
- Further reading
- References
thumbnail|The plasma making up the Sun can be modeled as an MHD system
thumb|Simulation of the Orszag–Tang MHD vortex problem, a well-known model problem for testing the transition to supersonic 2D MHD turbulence
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