Title of article
The CHEASE code for toroidal MHD equilibria Original Research Article
Author/Authors
H. Lütjens، نويسنده , , A. Bondeson، نويسنده , , O. Sauter، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
دوهفته نامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1996
Pages
42
From page
219
To page
260
Abstract
The CHEASE code (Cubic Hermite Element Axisymmetric Static Equilibrium) solves the Grad-Shafranov equation for toroidal MHD equilibria using a Hermite bicubic finite element discretization with pressure, current profiles and plasma boundaries specified by analytical forms or sets of experimental data points. Moreover, CHEASE allows the automatic generation of pressure profiles marginally stable to ballooning modes or with a prescribed fraction of bootstrap current. The code provides equilibrium quantities for several stability and global wave propagation codes.
Keywords
plasma physics , Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) , Grad-Shafranov equation , Cubic Hermite finite elements , Mapping to magnetic flux coordinates , Ballooning modes , Bootstrap current , Local interchange modes , Equilibrium
Journal title
Computer Physics Communications
Serial Year
1996
Journal title
Computer Physics Communications
Record number
1134160
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