Published July 1991
| Version v1
Journal article
Variational form for a viscous plasma
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, Ikarashi, Niigata 950-21, Japan (Japan)
- 2. Spectra Technology, Inc., Bellevue, Washington 98004 (USA)
- 3. Institute of Fusion Studies, the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712 (USA)
Description
The variational formulation for a fluid plasma including the parallel and gyroviscosities is developed using the basic approach of Berk et al. [Phys. Fluids 24, 2245 (1981)]. The equivalence of the variational problem to the original viscous fluid equations of motion is shown. The theory is developed for an axisymmetric plasma with no magnetic field in the azimuthal direction and therefore applies to field-reversed configurations and axisymmetric mirrors. This theory offers the advantage of describing both parallel and transverse ion kinetic effects within the simplicity afforded by a variational fluid model
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics of Fluids B
- Journal Volume
- 3
- Journal Issue
- 7
- Series
- Phys. Fluids B.
- Journal Page Range
- 1552-1556
- ISSN
- 0899-8221
- CODEN
- PFBPE
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 22074421
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- EQUATIONS OF MOTION; INHOMOGENEOUS PLASMA; MAGNETIC FIELD REVERSAL; MAGNETIC MIRRORS; PLASMA INSTABILITY; PLASMA SIMULATION; STABILITY; VARIATIONAL METHODS; VISCOUS FLOW
- Descriptors DEC
- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; FLUID FLOW; INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS; OPEN PLASMA DEVICES; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PLASMA; SIMULATION; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES