Non-linear numerical studies of the tearing mode
Description:
A non-linear, time dependent, hydromagnetic model is developed and applied to the tearing mode, one of a class of instabilities which can occur in a magnetically confined plasma when the constraint of infinite conductivity is relaxed. The model is based on the eight partial differential equations of resistive magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). The equations are expressed as a set of conservation laws which conserves magnetic flux, momentum, mass, and total energy. These equations are then written in g…
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Date:
January 1, 1978
Creator:
Schnack, D.D. Jr.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department