Comparison of ballooning mode stability properties of tokamaks with circular and elliptic cross sections with the same poloidal flux

Technical Report · Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5850215· OSTI ID:5850215

Miller, A; Manickam, J; Johnson, J L

The MHD ballooning mode stability limits for tokamak configurations with different cross section shapes but the same total poloidal flux are surprisingly similar. 8 refs., 8 figs.

• Research Organization: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03073
• OSTI ID: 5850215
• Report Number(s): PPPL-2639; ON: DE89016955
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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