A new method for computing normal modes in axisymmetric toroidal geometry using a scalar form of ideal MHD

DOI10.1016/0021-9991(86)90066-5zbMath0613.76053OpenAlexW2013775156MaRDI QIDQ1819634

Yanyan Li

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9991(86)90066-5

zbMATH Keywords

eigenfunctionsGalerkin proceduredisplacement vectortokamak geometryspheromaksenergy principle codemagnetic surface componentsmode frequenciesnormal ideal MHD equationsPEST codesstable discrete Alfvén wavestilting modes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability and instability of magnetohydrodynamic and electrohydrodynamic flows (76E25) Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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