Dynamic modeling of transport and positional control of tokamaks (Q1086109)
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Dynamic modeling of transport and positional control of tokamaks (English)
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1986
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We describe a numerical model of a free boundary axisymmetric tokamak plasma and its associated control systems. The plasma is modeled with a hybrid method using two-dimensional velocity and flux functions with surface-averaged MHD equations describing the evolution of the adiabatic invariants. Equations are solved for the external circuits and for the effects of eddy currents in nearby conductors. The method is verified by application to several test problems and used to simulate the formation of a bean-shaped plasma in the PBX experiment.
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numerical model
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free boundary axisymmetric tokamak plasma
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control systems
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hybrid method
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surface-averaged MHD equations
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