Nuclear Fusion Research and MHD Computations
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- Tokuda Shinji
- Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Naka Fusion Research Establishment, Department of Fusion Plasma Research
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- Takeda Tatsuoki
- Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Naka Fusion Research Establishment, Department of Fusion Plasma Research
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- 核融合炉開発とMHD数値解析
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Abstract
Computations based on the MHD(magnetohydrodynamics)model play important roles in the controlled nuclear fusion research as indispensable means for experimental analyses and designing new devices. In this article we survey several major topics concerning the model and numerical methods for analyses of MHD equilibrium and stability of a plasma confined in a tokamak, the most promising magnetic confinement device as a candidate of a future fusion reactor. As for the stability the spectral analysis of a linearized ideal MHD system is described in detail and resistive MHD analyses are also outlined. Throughout the artical emphases are put on features of the numerical solution methods associated with the MHD system rather than the physics implication of the solutions.
Journal
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- Bulletin of the Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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Bulletin of the Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics 2 (4), 298-316, 1992
The Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics