Title :
On Analogies Between Hydrodynamics and Electrodynamics for Plasma Technologies I
Author :
Bychkov, V.L. ; Mokin, A.Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State Univ., Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
It is shown that application of hydrodynamic equations allows to obtain analogous results for a number of experiments from a field of macroscopic electrodynamics. An analog of an electric current realized in wires represents some complex stream that creates a flow around wires. An analog of the electric field represents an acceleration of some flow, and an analog of magnetic induction-a frequency of some rotational motion in a background fluid. Momentum and continuity laws in the fluid give expressions similar to Maxwell´s equations with some differences.
Keywords :
electrodynamics; hydrodynamics; plasma magnetohydrodynamics; plasma transport processes; electric current; hydrodynamics; macroscopic electrodynamics; magnetic induction; plasma technology; rotational motion; Electrodynamics; Hydrodynamics; Mathematical model; Maxwell equations; Wires; Analogy; Maxwell’s equations; Maxwell???s equations; electrodynamics; hydrodynamics;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2014.2346463