Introduction Longitudinal electrodynamic forces Longitudinal electrodynamic forces

Contents

• Introduction
• Objective
• Acknowledgement
• Background and historical review
• Experiments
• Longitudinal forces in solids
• Longitudinal forces in liquid metals
• Longitudinal forces in dense plasmas
• Summary
• Theoretical discussion
• Ampère electrodynamics
• Maxwell stresses and longitudinal magnetic pressure
• Relationship of the different force laws
• Relativistic electric fields
• Electric fields from surface charges
• Summary
• Analysis of experiments
• The multi-arc generator
• Nasi owski's experiment
• Railgun recoil
• Movement of conductors
• Flux-stretching
• Applications
• High-current limiting and switching
• Liquid metal pumping
• Punching and metal engineering
• The electrodynamic explosion motor
• Water-arc jet propulsion
• Plasma fusion chamber
• Capillary fusion
• Summary
• Appendix
• References