Magnetohydrodynamic coupling using a liquid metal flywheel

L. K. Martinson

Abstract
A scheme for a coupling with a liquid-metal flywheel is considered. Rotation of the liquid metal is realized by means of crossed electric and magnetic fields. The steady-state problem of the motion of a conducting fluid in an axial magnetic field in a channel with rotating cylindrical electrodes is solved with allowance for the effect of the nonconducting end plates. Figs 2, Refs 8.