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A two-dimensional computational model is suggested for the calculation of radiative-convective heat transfer in the channel of an MHD generator with a self-sustaining current layer (T-layer). The calculation results demonstrate that the characteristic features of the T-layer dynamics include the development of hydrodynamic instability of the Rayleigh-Taylor type and the flow of electrically nonconducting gas past the discharge region. These physical mechanisms lead to irregularity and nonstationarity of flow in the channel; in so doing, the discharge region changes its structure periodically and exists both as several current-conducting channels and as a unified plasma formation.
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Translated from Teplofizika Vysokikh Temperatur, Vol. 43, No. 3, 2005, pp. 401–407.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by E. N. Vasil’ev, and D. A. Nesterov.
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Vasil’ev, E.N., Nesterov, D.A. The Effect of Radiative-Convective Heat Transfer on the Formation of Current Layer. High Temp 43, 396–403 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10740-005-0078-4
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