Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A force balance relation, a representation for the poloidal beta (.beta./sub p/), and expressions for the current densities are derived from the MHD equilibrium relations for an axisymmetric tensor pressure tokamak. Perpendicular and parallel beam pressure components are evaluated from a distribution function that models high energy neutral particle injection. A double adiabatic energy principle is derived from that of Kruskal and Oberman, with correction terms added. The energy principle is then applied to an arbitrary cross-section axisymmetric tokamak to examine ballooning instabilities of large toroidal mode number. The resulting Euler equation is remarkably similar to that of ideal MHD. Although the field-bending term is virtually unaltered, the driving term is modified because the pressures are no longer constant on a flux surface. Either a necessary or a sufficient marginal stability criterion for a guiding center plasma can be derived from this equation whenever an additional stabilizing element unique to the double adiabatic theory is either kept or neglected, respectively.
Equilibrium and Ballooning Mode Stability of an Axisymmetric Tensor Pressure Tokamak
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A force balance relation, a representation for the poloidal beta (.beta./sub p/), and expressions for the current densities are derived from the MHD equilibrium relations for an axisymmetric tensor pressure tokamak. Perpendicular and parallel beam pressure components are evaluated from a distribution function that models high energy neutral particle injection. A double adiabatic energy principle is derived from that of Kruskal and Oberman, with correction terms added. The energy principle is then applied to an arbitrary cross-section axisymmetric tokamak to examine ballooning instabilities of large toroidal mode number. The resulting Euler equation is remarkably similar to that of ideal MHD. Although the field-bending term is virtually unaltered, the driving term is modified because the pressures are no longer constant on a flux surface. Either a necessary or a sufficient marginal stability criterion for a guiding center plasma can be derived from this equation whenever an additional stabilizing element unique to the double adiabatic theory is either kept or neglected, respectively.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A force balance relation, a representation for the poloidal beta (.beta./sub p/), and expressions for the current densities are derived from the MHD equilibrium relations for an axisymmetric tensor pressure tokamak. Perpendicular and parallel beam pressure components are evaluated from a distribution function that models high energy neutral particle injection. A double adiabatic energy principle is derived from that of Kruskal and Oberman, with correction terms added. The energy principle is then applied to an arbitrary cross-section axisymmetric tokamak to examine ballooning instabilities of large toroidal mode number. The resulting Euler equation is remarkably similar to that of ideal MHD. Although the field-bending term is virtually unaltered, the driving term is modified because the pressures are no longer constant on a flux surface. Either a necessary or a sufficient marginal stability criterion for a guiding center plasma can be derived from this equation whenever an additional stabilizing element unique to the double adiabatic theory is either kept or neglected, respectively.
Tensor Pressure Tokamak Equilibrium and Stability
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
We investigate the equilibrium and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stability of tokamaks with tensor pressure and examine, in particular, the effects of anisotropies induced by neutral beam injection. Perpendicular and parallel beam pressure components are evaluated by taking moments of a distribution function obtained from the solution of a Fokker-Planck equation that models the injection of high-energy neutral beams into a tokamak. We numerically generate D-shaped beam-induced tensor pressure equilibria. A double adiabatic energy principle is derived from a modified version of the guiding center plasma energy principle. Finally, we apply the tensor pressure ballooning mode equation to computed equilibria that model experimentally determined ISX-B discharge profiles with high-power neutral beam injection. We predict that the plasma is unstable to flutelike modes in the central core of the discharge as a result of the pressure profile peakedness induced by the beams.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
We investigate the equilibrium and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stability of tokamaks with tensor pressure and examine, in particular, the effects of anisotropies induced by neutral beam injection. Perpendicular and parallel beam pressure components are evaluated by taking moments of a distribution function obtained from the solution of a Fokker-Planck equation that models the injection of high-energy neutral beams into a tokamak. We numerically generate D-shaped beam-induced tensor pressure equilibria. A double adiabatic energy principle is derived from a modified version of the guiding center plasma energy principle. Finally, we apply the tensor pressure ballooning mode equation to computed equilibria that model experimentally determined ISX-B discharge profiles with high-power neutral beam injection. We predict that the plasma is unstable to flutelike modes in the central core of the discharge as a result of the pressure profile peakedness induced by the beams.
Energy Research Abstracts
Fusion Energy Update
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
Energetic Particle Stabilization of Ballooning Modes in a Finite-aspect-ratio Tokamak
Author: Hiroshi Naitou
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Magnetohydrodynamic instabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Magnetohydrodynamic instabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Dissertation Abstracts International
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Ideal MHD Equilibrium and Stability of Tokamaks with Asymmetric Cross Section
Author: Hollis Emmett Dalhed
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tokamaks
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tokamaks
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Government Reports Announcements & Index
Tokamaks
Author: John Wesson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199592233
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
The tokamak is the principal tool in controlled fusion research. This book acts as an introduction to the subject and a basic reference for theory, definitions, equations, and experimental results. The fourth edition has been completely revised, describing their development of tokamaks to the point of producing significant fusion power.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199592233
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
The tokamak is the principal tool in controlled fusion research. This book acts as an introduction to the subject and a basic reference for theory, definitions, equations, and experimental results. The fourth edition has been completely revised, describing their development of tokamaks to the point of producing significant fusion power.