Neoclassical transport coefficients for tokamaks with bean-shaped flux surfaces

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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 languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)395-399
Number of pages5
JournalPhysics of Fluids B
Volume3
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1991

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • General Physics and Astronomy
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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