A finite element mesh in a tokamak edge geometry

Contributions to Plasma Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 7-9, 2006, Pages 551-556

  Nishimura, Y ^a   Lin, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Field aligned mesh; Finite element method; Gyrokinetic poisson equation

Indexed keywords

MESH GENERATION; POISSON EQUATION; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EDGE GEOMETRY; FIELD ALIGNED MESH; FINITE ELEMENT MESHES; FINITE-ELEMENT CALCULATIONS; FINITE-ELEMENT FIELDS; GYROKINETIC PARTICLE SIMULATIONS; GYROKINETIC POISSON EQUATION; GYROKINETICS; SIMPLE++;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 33749385915     PISSN: 08631042     EISSN: 15213986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ctpp.200610043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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