COMPARISON OF BALLOONING MODE-STABILITY PROPERTIES OF TOKAMAKS WITH CIRCULAR AND ELLIPTIC CROSS-SECTIONS WITH THE SAME POLOIDAL FLUX

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作者
MILLER, A
MANICKAM, J
JOHNSON, JL
机构
[1] Princeton Plasma Phys. Lab., Princeton Univ., NJ
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10.1088/0741-3335/32/4/004
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O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
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070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
The MHD ballooning mode stability limits for Tokamak configurations with different cross-sectional shapes but the same total poloidal flux are examined. The toroidal ( beta ) at which instability sets in is found to be the same for circular, elliptical and D-shaped cross-sections. Shaping provides some improvement for transition to the second stability regime, with the D-shape being most favorable and the circle the most unfavorable.
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