A new method for computing normal modes in axisymmetric toroidal geometry using a scalar form of ideal MHD

DOI10.1016/0021-9991(86)90066-5zbMath0613.76053MaRDI QIDQ1819634

Yanyan Li

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9991(86)90066-5

zbMATH Keywords

eigenfunctions; Galerkin procedure; displacement vector; tokamak geometry; spheromaks; energy principle code; magnetic surface components; mode frequencies; normal ideal MHD equations; PEST codes; stable discrete Alfvén waves; tilting modes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76E25: Stability and instability of magnetohydrodynamic and electrohydrodynamic flows

76X05: Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow

76M99: Basic methods in fluid mechanics

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