Contribution to RFP workshop, session 5. Heating and diffusion

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6620436

Park, W; Chu, C K

Results are summarized of two-dimensional MHD simulations of the reversed field pinches Eta-Beta, ZT-1, ZT-S, and ZT-40. The model used is the single-fluid, time-dependent, axisymmetric (i.e., no toroidal variation) magnetohydrodynamic equations with dissipation. Initial conditions assume a fully ionized cold (approximately 1 eV) plasma-at-rest, with appropriate bias toroidal field. The equations are driven by time-dependent boundary conditions: the toroidal field B/sub z/(t), and the poloidal flux chi (t), prescribed as functions of time in agreement with the experimental conditions. The poloidal flux is indirectly extrapolated from the prescribed toroidal current I/sub z/(t).

• Research Organization: Columbia Univ., New York (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-S-02-2456
• OSTI ID: 6620436
• Report Number(s): COO-2456-61; CONF-780906-3; TRN: 78-020227
• Resource Relation: Conference: Reversed field pinch workshop, Padua, Italy, 4 Sep 1978
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
REVERSE-FIELD PINCH
PLASMA SIMULATION
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PLASMA DRIFT
PLASMA HEATING
TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
FLUID MECHANICS
HEATING
HYDRODYNAMICS
MECHANICS
PINCH EFFECT
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