Abstract
Simple analytic representations of the neoclassical transport coefficients for indented flux surfaces are presented. It is shown that a transport coefficient for an indented flux surface can be expressed in terms of a linear combination of the previously known transport coefficients for two nonindented flux surfaces. Numerical calculations based on actual equilibria from the PBX-M tokamak [Phys. Fluids B 2, 1271 (1990) ] indicate that, even for modestly indented flux surfaces, the ion neoclassical thermal transport can be over a factor of 2 smaller than in a circular plasma with the same midplane radius or with the equivalent area.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 395-399 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Physics of Fluids B |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1991 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Computational Mechanics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- General Physics and Astronomy
- Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes