CASTOR: Normal-mode analysis of resistive MHD plasmas

被引:121
作者
Kerner, W [1 ]
Goedbloed, JP
Huysmans, GTA
Poedts, S
Schwarz, E
机构
[1] Jet Joint Undertaking, Abingdon OX14 3EA, Oxon, England
[2] EURATOM, FOM, Inst Plasma Phys Rijnhuizen, Nieuwegein, Netherlands
[3] Max Planck Inst Plasma Phys, EURATOM Assoc, D-85748 Garching, Germany
关键词
magnetohydrodynamics; resistive; toroidal; spectrum;
D O I
10.1006/jcph.1998.5910
中图分类号
TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要
The CASTOR (complex Alfven spectrum of toroidal plasmas) code computes the entire spectrum of normal-modes in resistive MHD for general tokamak configurations. The applied Galerkin method, in conjunction with a Fourier finite-element discretisation, leads to a large scale eigenvalue problem A (x) under bar = lambda B (x) under bar, where A is a nonself-adjoint matrix. (C) 1998 Academic Press.
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页码:271 / 303
页数:33
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