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Development of magnetohydrodynamic simulation code using the constrained interpolation profile method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2006

MATSUMOTO YUTAKA
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita 13, Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan

Abstract

A three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation code has been newly developed. In this code, the physical variables are defined in the staggered mesh system and each of the MHD equations is split into the advection phase and the non-advection phase. The constrained interpolation profile method, which gives a highly accurate solution with less numerical diffusion, is applied to the calculation for the advection phase. In contrast, the non-advection phase is calculated using the finite difference method. The developed code is tested for the relaxation processes of the mass density, plasma pressure and magnetic field in the Large Helical Device (LHD).

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Copyright
2006 Cambridge University Press

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