Does matter in plasma state flow ?

[petrushka.googol]

Can matter in plasma state (like fire for example) obey the law of fluid mechanics or are there other laws that govern the movement of plasma that differ from these?

[mathematic]

I am no expert, but it seems to me that particles in a plasma state have so much kinetic energy, that fluid mechanics would break down.

[swansont]

I suspect the strength of the interaction is not a part of standard fluid dynamics

[Endy0816]

Falls under magnetohydrodynamics. Combines Navier-Stokes with Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism.

 

I've always been kind of interested in it after we had a case of ball lightning on the sub. Followed the poor guy up a ladder(read: stairs). He survived but got singed pretty good.

Edited October 20, 2013 by Endy0816