Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD)

Research Activities

Liquid metal flows under the influence of magnetic fields

• Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) in liquid metal blankets for fusion applications
• MHD flows in typical hydraulic components
• Heat and mass transfer in MHD flows
• Liquid-metal measuring techniques

Methods

• Experimental investigations in the MEKKA laboratory using the fluids NaK and GaInSn
• Asymptotic methods for applications in strong magnetic fields
• Numerical simulations of MHD flows in complex, electrically coupled geometries

Contact
Leo Buehler ∂does-not-exist.kit edu

Liquid metal experiment in the MEKKA laboratory