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noun
The magnetic self-attraction of parallel electric currents having the same direction; the restriction of a flowing plasma because of this attraction
Pinch effect, self-constriction of a cylinder of an electrically conducting plasma.
The pinch effect, therefore, must be augmented with other magnetic-field configurations to produce a stable magnetic bottle.
In addition to his discovery of the pinch effect, Bennett proposed (1936) the tandem Van de Graaff accelerator, which later became widely used in nuclear research, and he invented a radio-frequency mass spectrometer used in space research.
June 13 , 1903Findlay, Ohio September 28 , 1987Willard Harrison Bennett, (born June 13 , 1903 Findlay, Ohio, U.S. died September 28 , 1987, American physicist who discovered (1934) the pinch effect, an electromagnetic process that may offer a way to magnetically confine a plasma at temperatures high enough for controlled nuclear fusion reactions to occur.
The pinch effect is shown in Figure 7 (Nadzam 2006).
Open image in new window Figure 7 Pinch effect during short-circuiting transfer (Nadzam 2006 ).
Lateral migration of spherical rigid neutrally buoyant particles moving in a laminar flow field in a porous channel is induced by an inertial lift force (tubular-pinch effect) and by a permeation drag force due to convection into the porous walls.
Horizontal strain length under negative loading due to the pinching effect.
Pinching effect and stiffness degradation were the main characteristics for the CH- and CL-series splices.
(2) Mechanical behavior of splices under cyclic loading has a pronounced pinching effect and stiffness degradation.
Horizontal strain length under positive loading due to the pinching effect.
