Reduced model simulations of the scrape-off-layer heat-flux width and comparison with experiment

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Myra, J R ^a   Russell, D A ^a   D'Ippolito, D A ^a   Ahn, J W ^b   Maingi, R ^b   Maqueda, R J ^c   Lundberg, D P ^c   Stotler, D P ^c   Zweben, S J ^c   Boedo, J ^d   Umansky, M ^e  

^a LODESTAR RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARISON WITH EXPERIMENTS; CONVECTIVE CELL; FLUID TURBULENCE; H-MODE DISCHARGES; INTERCHANGE MODE; LOW POWER; NATIONAL SPHERICAL TORUS EXPERIMENTS; PARALLEL HEAT FLUX; PARALLEL TRANSPORT; PLASMA CURRENTS; REDUCED MODEL; SCRAPE-OFF LAYER; SEPARATRIX; SHEARED FLOW; SHEATH LOSS; SIMULATION MODEL; SPHERICAL TORUS; TOKAMAK PLASMAS; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; EXPERIMENTS; FUSION REACTORS; HEAT FLUX; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOPLASMA; PLASMA SIMULATION; SOLS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 79551575597     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3526676     Document Type: Article

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