Convergence properties of a nonvariational 3D MHD equilibrium code

H. S. Greenside, A. H. Reiman, A. Salas

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Abstract

Details are presented of the PIES code, which uses a nonvariational algorithm for calculating fully three-dimensional MHD equilibria. The convergence properties of the code are studied for several axisymmetric and nonaxisymmetric finite β equilibria that have magnetic surfaces.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)102-136
Number of pages35
JournalJournal of Computational Physics
Volume81
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1989

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Numerical Analysis
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
  • General Physics and Astronomy
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Computational Mathematics
  • Applied Mathematics

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