Table of Contents

Part 1. Basic Principles 1. Introduction 2. The Electromagnetic Field 3. Motion of Charged Particles 4. Statistical Behavior of Plasmas 5. Conduction and Diffusion in Ionized Gases 6. Quantum Statistics and Ionization Phenomena 7. Electromagnetic Waves and Radiation in Plasmas Part II. Magnetohydrodynamic Flows 8. Magnetohydrodynamic Equations 9. Alfven and Shock Waves 10. Exact Solutions for Magnetohydrodynamic Channel Flows 11. Channel Flows--Quasi-one-dimensional approximation 12. Boundary Layers III. Applications 13. Magnetohydrodynamic Propulsion 14. Magnetohydrodynamic Power Generation Problems Index