Shear Stabilization of Drift Waves in Noncircular Cross Section Axisymmetric Configurations.

Abstract

A calculation is given of the shear induced damping of drift waves for noncircular cross section axisymmetric devices in the electrostatic approximation. Comparison of damping rates for circular and elliptical cross section tokamaks shows only a weak dependence on the ellipticity. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA040748

Entities

People

  • Edward Ott
  • Kworay Chu
  • Wallace M. Manheimer

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aspect Ratio
  • Axisymmetric
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Current Density
  • Electrons
  • Elongation
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Geometry
  • Ion Density
  • Ions
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Military Research
  • Safety Factor
  • Two Dimensional
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Radar Systems Engineering.