About

About

Institute of Physics at University of Latvia (IPUL)

The Institute of Physics of University of Latvia  (previously - Institute of Physics of Latvian Academy of Sciences) is recognized as one of the worlds oldest and largest centres in the field of fundamental and applied magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) research. 

The employees carry out complex investigations of the electrodynamic, hydrodynamic and heat/mass transfer phenomena occurring in liquid electron-conducting media subject to the influence of electromagnetic fields of different types, in particular, with respect to the problems of engineering physics and liquid metal technologies. Numerous versions of electromagnetic pumps and other specific devices for alloys transport, stirring, pouring, conditioning have been developed for ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy, for the technologies of composite material production and growth of semiconductor single crystals and so on. The wide experience of the Institute of Physics in the field of work with liquid metal media, the appropriate experimental equipment and developed specific methods and procedures of measurements in molten metals and alloys allow to perform physical and numerical simulations of different technological processes in order to work out new original MHD methods for controlling the hydrodynamic and heat/mass transfer characteristics of melts in metallurgy and single crystal growth from the melt.

One of the greatest achievments of LUFI in the recent years worlds first MHD Dinamo experiment

PRINCIPAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:

• Fundamental and applied research in hydromechanics and magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), physics of magnetic phenomena, engineering physics.

• Participation in University curricula to realize the principle of its unity with research works; providing training for top research scientists and Ph.D. students (post-graduate studies).

• Wide application of research results in Latvian national economy as well as for international projects and contracts. Main factors ensuring high implementation standard of projects: - research facilities (unique magnetohydrodynamic and other equipment) are preserved and upgraded;

 

 

IPUL publishings

IPUL publishes an international scientific magazine  "Magnetohydrodynamics" where the results of research can be found of scientists employed at the institute and foreign country scientist. Up to year 1999 the magazine was published in both russian  ("Магнитная гидродинамика") and english. Volumes are released 4 times per year, however since 1999 it is only available in english

chief editor - Dr.habil.phys. Andrejs Cēbers (e-mail: aceb@sal.lv)

publishing manager - Vladimirs Žuks (zhuk@sal.lv).