Published April 1986
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Journal article
Three-dimensional stellarator equilibrium as an Ohmic steady state
- 1. Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, P.O. Box 451, Princeton, New Jersey 08544
Description
A stable three-dimensional stellarator equilibrium can be obtained numerically by a time-dependent relaxation method using small values of dissipation. The final state is an Ohmic steady state which approaches an Ohmic equilibrium in the limit of small dissipation coefficients. A method to speed up the relaxation process and a method to implement the Bxdelp = 0 condition are described. These methods are applied to obtain three-dimensional heliac equilibria using the reduced heliac equations
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Fluids
- Journal Volume
- 29
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Series
- Phys. Fluids.
- Journal Page Range
- 1171-1175
- ISSN
- 0031-9171
- CODEN
- PFLDA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 17048326
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALGORITHMS; ENERGY LOSSES; EQUILIBRIUM; HIGH-BETA PLASMA; JOULE HEATING; MAGNETIC ISLANDS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; RELAXATION; STABILITY; STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS; STELLARATORS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; TIME DEPENDENCE
- Descriptors DEC
- CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; HEATING; MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS; PLASMA; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES