Evolution of flux conserving tokamak equilibria with preprogrammed cross sections

Technical Report · Thu Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6306679· OSTI ID:6306679

Holmes, J. A.; Peng, Y. M.; Lynch, S. J.

The evolution of MHD equilibria toward high ..beta.. is modeled by magnetic flux conservation with a given q(psi) and by particle and energy balances which determine p(psi,t). One-dimensional single-fluid transport equaions, written with the magnetic flux psi as the independent variable, are coupled to the two-dimensional axisymmetric MHD equilibrium and flux conservation equations through psi and p(psi,t).

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 6306679
• Report Number(s): ORNL/TM-6761
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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