First Course in Magnetohydrodynamics

This text introduces magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) from a fluid dynamics perspective at a level accessible to advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students. Problem sets extend key concepts with fully-worked solutions available to instructors. Lesson plans are also available, including large-font lessons designed for 'flipped-style' classes.

List of contents

Preface; Introduction; Part I. 1-D MHD in Ten Weeks: 1. The Fundamentals of Hydrodynamics; 2. Selected Applications of Hydrodynamics; 3. The Hydrodynamical Riemann Problem; 4. The Fundamentals of Magnetohydrodynamics; 5. MHD Waves and Discontinuities; 6. The MHD Riemann Problem; Part II. Additional Topics in (M)HD: 7. Fluid Instabilities; 8. Viscid Hydrodynamics; 9. Steady-State MHD; 10. Non-Ideal MHD; Appendices: A. Essentials of Vector Calculus; B. Essentials of Electrodynamics; C. The 'Conics' of PDEs; D. The Secant Method; E. Roots of a Cubic; F. Sixth-Order Runge-Kutta; G. Coriolis' Theorem; H. The Diffusion Equation; Variable Glossary; References; Index.

About the author

David Clarke, a recently retired professor at Saint Mary's University, has taught undergraduate physics courses for thirty years. As co-developer of the original ZEUS MHD code and primary developer of ZEUS-3D (which he uses for his research in astrophysical jets), he's made ZEUS-3D available open-source to hundreds of investigators worldwide.

Product details

• Authors: David Alan Clarke, David Alan (Saint Mary's University Clarke, David Alan (Saint Mary''s University Clarke
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.01.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9781009381475
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0938147-5
• No. of pages: 520
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Mechanics, acoustics; SCIENCE / Physics / General, Astrophysics, MATHEMATICS / Linear & Nonlinear Programming, SCIENCE / Mechanics / Fluids, SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics, Fluid mechanics, Nonlinear science, Plasma Physics, Physics: Fluid mechanics, For graduate / post-graduate and equivalents