Comparison of models to experiment for the purposes of axisymmetric control in alcator C-Mod

Fusion Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 201-218

  Tinios, Gerasimos ^a,b   Horne, Steve F ^a   Hutchinson, Ian H ^a,c,d   Wolfe, Stephen M ^a,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Nuclear Engineering

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axisymmetric control; Model verification; Tokamaks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343662806     PISSN: 07481896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST96-A30751     Document Type: Review

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