DocumentCode
1221685
Title
Nonequilibrium Stability of Resistive Magnetohydrodynamic Pinches
Author
Reusch, Michael F.
Volume
7
Issue
1
fYear
1979
fDate
3/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
39
Lastpage
43
Abstract
The classical method of determining the stability of MHD equilibria is generalized to the case of an electrically resistive and thermally conductive imploding dynamic pinch so that the onset and linear behavior of three-dimensional nonequilibrium instabilities can be studied. Dynamically induced Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities are shown to appear in a cylindrically symmetric theta pinch at just those times as are given by theory and experiment, and with the correct growth rate.
Keywords
Electric resistance; Equations; Magnetohydrodynamics; Memory; Plasma simulation; Plasma stability; Testing; Thermal conductivity; Thermal resistance; Thermal stability;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0093-3813
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TPS.1979.4317183
Filename
4317183
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