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The Grad–Shafranov equation (H. Grad and H. Rubin (1958); Vitalii Dmitrievich Shafranov (1966)) is the equilibrium equation in ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) for a two dimensional plasma, for example the axisymmetric toroidal plasma in a tokamak. This equation is a two-dimensional, nonlinear, elliptic partial differential equation obtained from the reduction of the ideal MHD equations to two dimensions, often for the case of toroidal axisymmetry (the case relevant in a tokamak). The flux function is both a dependent and an independent variable in this equation: : where is the magnetic permeability, is the pressure, and the magnetic field and current are, respectively, given by : : The elliptic operator is :. The nature of the equilibrium, whether it be a tokamak, reversed field pinch, etc. is largely determined by the choices of the two functions and as well as the boundary conditions. == Derivation (in slab coordinates) == In the following, it is assumed that the system is 2-dimensional with as the invariant axis, i.e. for all quantities. Then the magnetic field can be written in cartesian coordinates as : or more compactly, : where where ''p'' is the plasma pressure and j is the electric current. It is known that ''p'' is a constant along any field line, (again since is everywhere perpendicular to B). Additionally, the two-dimensional assumption () means that the z- component of the left hand side must be zero, so the z-component of the magnetic force on the right hand side must also be zero. This means that , i.e. is parallel to . The right hand side of the previous equation can be considered in two parts: : as required, the vector must be perpendicular to , and must therefore, like , be a field-line invariant. Rearranging the cross products above leads to :, and : These results can be substituted into the expression for to yield: : Since and are constants along a field line, and functions only of , hence and . Thus, factoring out and rearraging terms yields the Grad–Shafranov equation: : 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grad–Shafranov equation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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