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Our contributions are motivated by fusion reactors that rely on maintaining magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equilibrium, where the balance between plasma pressure and confining magnetic fields is required for stable operation. In axisymmetric…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-05-02 Fauzan Nazranda Rizqan , Matthew Hole , Charles Gretton

Nonlinear z-independent solutions to a generalized Grad-Shafranov equation (GSE) with up to quartic flux terms in the free functions and incompressible plasma flow non parallel to the magnetic field are constructed quasi-analytically.…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Ap Kuiroukidis , G. N. Throumoulopoulos

We employ a conformal mapping transformation to solve a generalized Grad-Shafranov equation with incompressible plasma flow of arbitrary direction and construct particular up-down asymmetric D-shaped and diverted tokamak equilibria. The…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-08-23 A. Kuiroukidis , D. Kaltsas , G. N. Throumoulopoulos

The optimisation of scenarios and design of real-time-control in tokamaks, especially for machines still in design phase, requires a comprehensive exploration of solutions to the Grad-Shafranov (GS) equation over a high-dimensional space of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-04-03 A. Agnello , N. C. Amorisco , A. Keats , G. K. Holt , J. Buchanan , S. Pamela , C. Vincent , G. McArdle

The accurate construction of tokamak equilibria, which is critical for the effective control and optimization of plasma configurations, depends on the precise distribution of magnetic fields and magnetic fluxes. Equilibrium fitting codes,…

We identify and study new nonlinear axisymmetric equilibria with incompressible flow of arbitrary direction satisfying a generalized Grad Shafranov equation by extending the symmetry analysis presented in [G. Cicogna and F. Pegoraro, Phys.…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-08-11 Ap Kuiroukidis , G. N. Throumoulopoulos

The Grad-Shafranov (GS) equation is a nonlinear elliptic partial differential equation that governs the ideal magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium of a tokamak plasma. Previous studies have demonstrated the existence of multiple solutions to the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-07-29 K. Pentland , N. C. Amorisco , P. E. Farrell , C. J. Ham

The reconstruction of the equilibrium of a plasma in a Tokamak is a free boundary problem described by the Grad-Shafranov equation in axisymmetric configuration. The right-hand side of this equation is a nonlinear source, which represents…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-03-18 Jacques Blum , Cedric Boulbe , Blaise Faugeras

As artificial intelligence emerges as a transformative enabler for fusion energy commercialization, fast and accurate solvers become increasingly critical. In magnetic confinement nuclear fusion, rapid and accurate solution of the…

The problem of equilibrium of a plasma in a Tokamak is a free boundary problemdescribed by the Grad-Shafranov equation in axisymmetric configurations. The right hand side of this equation is a non linear source, which represents the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2009-09-10 Jacques Blum , Cédric Boulbe , Blaise Faugeras

This paper deals with the numerical reconstruction of the plasma current density in a Tokamak and of its equilibrium. The problem consists in the identification of a non-linear source in the 2D Grad-Shafranov equation, which governs the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2009-11-26 Jacques Blum , Cédric Boulbe , Blaise Faugeras

In this work, we propose a novel physics informed neural network based algorithm for real time plasma boundary reconstruction in tokamak devices. The approach is based on a single Extreme Learning Machine network used to solve the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-12-19 Federico Fiorenza , Sara Dubbioso , Gianmaria De Tommasi , Alfredo Pironti

An analytic solution to a generalized Grad-Shafranov equation with flow of arbitrary direction is obtained upon adopting the generic linearizing ansatz for the free functions related to the poloidal current, the static pressure and the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-12-30 D. A. Kaltsas , A. Kuiroukidis , G. N. Throumoulopoulos

We extend previous work [Y. E. Litvinenko, Phys. Plasmas 17, 074502 (2010)] on a direct method for finding similarity reductions of partial differential equations such as the Grad-Shafranov equation, to the case of the generalized…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-04-10 A. I. Kuiroukidis , D. A. Kaltsas , G. N. Throumoulopoulos

By choosing appropriate deformed Maxwellian ion and electron distribution functions depending on the two particle constants of motion, i.e. the energy and toroidal angular momentum, we reduce the Vlasov axisymmetric equilibrium problem for…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-08-12 Ap Kuiroukidis , G. N. Throumoulopoulos , H. Tasso

We construct analytic solutions to the generalized Grad-Shafranov equation, which incorporates both toroidal and poloidal flows. This is achieved by adopting a general linearizing ansatz for the free-function terms of the equation and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-02-25 A. I. Kuiroukidis , D. A. Kaltsas , G. N. Throumoulopoulos

In this Master thesis we investigate the influence of pressure anisotropy and incompressible flow of arbitrary direction on the equilibrium properties of magnetically confined, axisymmetric toroidal plasmas. The main novel contribution is…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-08-16 Achilleas Evangelias

A large number of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equilibrium calculations are often required for uncertainty quantification, optimization, and real-time diagnostic information, making MHD equilibrium codes vital to the field of plasma physics.…

We derive axisymmetric equilibrium equations in the context of the hybrid Vlasov model with kinetic ions and massless fluid electrons, assuming isothermal electrons and deformed Maxwellian distribution functions for the kinetic ions. The…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-06-06 D. A. Kaltsas , A. Kuiroukidis , P. J. Morrison , G. N. Throumoulopoulos

One of the common tasks required for designing new plasma pulses or shaping scenarios is to design the desired equilibria using an equilibrium (Grad-Shafranov equation) solver. However, standard equilibrium solvers are time-independent and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-06-26 J. T. Wai , E. Kolemen
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