Accession Number:
ADA000540
Title:
Study of the MHD Instabilities of a Cylindrical Belt Pinch Using the Finite Element Method.
Descriptive Note:
Scientific rept.,
Corporate Author:
INNSBRUCK UNIV (AUSTRIA) INST FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1974-07-25
Pagination or Media Count:
22.0
Abstract:
The hydromagnetic stability of a cylindrical pinch of rectangular cross section is studied numerically using the finite element method. The plasma is subdivided into a number of rectangular elements within each of which the perturbations are expressed in terms of nodal values which are taken as parameters of a Lagrangian. Minimizing the Lagrangian with respect to these variables produces an eigenvalue problem. The stability of the pinch is determined from the eigenvalues. Author
Subject Categories:
- Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics