Steepest-descent moment method for three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic equilibria

DOI10.1063/1.864116zbMath0538.76124OpenAlexW2022407127MaRDI QIDQ3325388

Steven P. Hirshman, J. C. Whitson

Publication date: 1983

Published in: The Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5537804

zbMATH Keywords

convergenceMHD equilibriumenergy principle with inverse coordinate representationnonlinear coupled moment equationssteepest-descent iteration

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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