The ion fly-wheel effect on the electro-thermal instability in non-equilibrium MHD hall disc generators

Effect of finite boundary layer on the i

Effect of finite boundary layer on the ionization instability in non-equilibrium MHD generators

✍ B.K. Gupta; R.P. Sharma 📂 Article 📅 1978 🏛 Elsevier Science ⚖ 532 KB

This paper presents an investigation of the effect of boundary layer on the ionization instability in non-equilibrium MHD plasmas: the Boltzmann transfer equation has been employed in the analysis. It is concluded that the effect of finite boundary layer thickness is to reduce the growth rate. Moreo