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2nd Symposium on the engineering aspects of magnetohydrodynamics

SEP 01, 1961
a conference report
G. W. Sutton
Per Gloersen

During the past few years, plasma physics and magnetohydrodynamics have been the topics of many scientific meetings. In these meetings, the emphasis was placed mostly on the physical principles and scientific accomplishment with little discussion of the potential applications. For this reason, the Basic Sciences Committee of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers organized a meeting on the engineering aspects of magnetohydrodynamics last year with sessions on several different subjects. These helped to give to the audience a variegated view of the potential applications of MHD and the progress which is being made in each field. Last year’s meeting attracted an audience of about four hundred.

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G. W. Sutton, General Electric Company Space Sciences Laboratory.

Per Gloersen, General Electric Company Space Sciences Laboratory.

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Volume 14, Number 9

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