Published January 1981
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Journal article
Nonlinear magnetohydrodynamic stability
Creators
- 1. Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, New York 10012
Description
Ways have been found to significantly upgrade the resolution of an equilibrium and stability code that is based on the variational principle of ideal magnetohydrodynamics. Nonlinear saturation of ballooning modes for tokamaks has been demonstrated using a revised version of the code. Second stability regions are calculated from the nonlinear dependence of deltaW on β. An l=2,3 torsatron is described that appears to have no ideal magnetohydrodynamic instabilities for β as high as 5%
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Fluids
- Journal Volume
- 24
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- Phys. Fluids.
- Journal Page Range
- 48-54
- ISSN
- 0031-9171
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 12597781
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- BALLOONING INSTABILITY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER CALCULATIONS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; TOKAMAK DEVICES; VARIATIONAL METHODS
- Descriptors DEC
- CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INSTABILITY; MECHANICS; PLASMA INSTABILITY; PLASMA MACROINSTABILITIES; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES