Numerical calculations using the full MHD equations in toroidal geometry
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Numerical calculations using the full MHD equations in toroidal geometry
zbMATH Open document ID: 0587.76075
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9991(86)90086-0
author: L. A. Charlton
author: J. A. Holmes
author: H. R. Hicks
author: Benjamin A. Carreras
author: Vickie E. Lynch
published in: Journal of Computational Physics
publication date: 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: A computer code has been constructed that solves the full magnetohydrodynamic equations in toroidal geometry. The code is applicable to toroidal devices, including tokamaks, stellarators, and reversed field pinches. A fully implicit numerical technique is used that allows linear eigenvalues and eigenfunctions to be found in a very few computational steps. Althought the present work describes the solution of the linearized equations, generalization of the numerical method to the solution of the nonlinear problem is straightforward. Use of the code is illustrated by calculating the \(n=1\) instability for a tokamak configuration. The results show the structural changes in the eigenfunctions as the plasma pressure is increased.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 76E25
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 76W05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 76M99
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 82D10
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 65N25
zbMATH DE Number: 3943351
zbMATH Keywords: full magnetohydrodynamic equations in toroidal geometry
zbMATH Keywords: tokamaks
zbMATH Keywords: stellarators
zbMATH Keywords: reversed field pinches
zbMATH Keywords: fully implicit numerical technique
zbMATH Keywords: linear eigenvalues
zbMATH Keywords: eigenfunctions
zbMATH Keywords: linearized equations
zbMATH Keywords: solution of the nonlinear problem
zbMATH Keywords: instability for a tokamak configuration
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