EQUILIBRIUM AND STABILITY STUDIES FOR AN IRON CORE TOKAMAK WITH A POLOIDAL DIVERTOR

被引:37
作者
SOLANO, ER
NEILSON, GH
LAO, LL
机构
[1] Fusion Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
[2] Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
[3] General Atomic Technologies Inc., San Diego, CA
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D O I
10.1088/0029-5515/30/6/012
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
A study of plasma equilibrium and stability in a tokamak with an unsaturated iron cpre is presented. A spool model is developed for the iron core. Both a simplified force balance code and a Grad-Shafranov solver are used to study the plasma equilibrium. It is observed that the iron can strongly modify the conditions for equilibrium and stability, and in some cases an infinite cylinder model for the iron core is not adequate. Corrected criteria for plasma position stability in the presence of an iron core are introduced. © 1990 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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页码:1107 / 1115
页数:9
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