戴维森的这本《磁动力学导论》是一部介绍磁动力学的教程，着重讲述磁场和导流的相互作用。磁场对许多自然流和人为流都有很大影响，经常被用于工业加热，泵，搅拌流体金属。地核中的流体运动产生了地磁场，极磁场产生了太阳黑子和太阳耀斑，银河系场影响星体的形式。本书旨在为物理，数学，工程专业的高年级本科生，研究生提供学习磁动力学的入门书籍，尤其对学习不可压缩流等相当重要。书的最后一节也囊括了MHD在冶金应用中的最新进展，所以对应用数学，工程和冶金技术相关领域中的科研人员很有帮助。

Preface

Part A: The Fundamentals of MHD

Introduction: The Aims of Part A

1 A Qualitative Overview of MHD

 1.1 What is MHD?

 1.2 A Brief History of MHD

 1.3 From Electrodynamics to MHD: A Simple Experiment

1.3.1 Some important parameters in electr0dynamics and MHD

1.3.2 A brief reminder of the laws of electrodynamics

1.3.3 A familiar high-school experiment

1.3.4 A summary of the key results for MHD

 1.4 Some Simple Applications of MHD

2 The Governing Equations of Electrodynamics

3 The Governing Equations of Fluid Mechanics

4 Kinematics of MHD: Advection and Diffusion of a Magnetic Field

5 Dynamics at Low Magnetic Reynolds Numbers

6 Dynamics at Moderate to High Magnetic Reynolds' Number

7 MHD Turbulence at Low and High Magnetic Reynolds Number

8 Magnetic Stirring Using Rotating Fields

9 Magnetic Damping Using Static Fields

10 Axisymmetric Flws Driven by the Injection of Current

11 MHD Instabilities in Reduction Cells

12 High-Frequency Fields:Magnetic Levitation

Appendices

Bibliography

Subject Index