This volume, which contains 15 contributions, is based on a minicourse held at the 1987 IEEE Plasma Science Meeting. The purpose of the lectures in the course was to acquaint the students with the multidisciplinary nature of computational techniques and the breadth of research areas in plasma science in which computation can address important physics and engineering design issues. These involve: electric and magnetic fields, MHD equations, chemistry, radiation, ionization etc. The contents of the contributions, written subsequent to the minicourse, stress important aspects of computer applications. They are: 1) the numerical methods used; 2) the range of applicability; 3) how the methods are actually employed in research and in the design of devices; and, as a compendium, 4) the multiplicity of approaches possible for any one problem. The materials in this book are organized by both subject and applications which display some of the richness in computational plasma physics.
Author(s): Adam T. Drobot (auth.), Adam T. Drobot (eds.)
Publisher: Springer New York
Year: 1991
Language: English
Pages: X, 457 pp. 214 figs., 12 tabs.
Tags: Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design;Mechanics;Engineering, general;Control, Robotics, Mechatronics;Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Background and Introduction....Pages 1-6
Particle Simulation Techniques....Pages 7-41
Diodes and Magnetic Insulation....Pages 42-93
Three-Dimensional Particle-in-Cell and Electromagnetic Simulations....Pages 94-147
Charged Particle Beam Propagation....Pages 148-177
Computer Programs for High-Current Beam Transport in Accelerators....Pages 178-205
The Physics of Codes....Pages 206-229
The Numerical Simulation of Accelerator Components....Pages 230-246
Nonlinear Analysis and Modeling of Free-Electron Laser and Microwave Devices....Pages 247-271
The Source Dependent Expansion Method and Radiation Focusing in the Free Electron Laser....Pages 272-290
Inertial Confinement Fusion: Computer Simulation....Pages 291-325
Comments on Ionization Dynamics, Radiation Emission, and Dense Plasma Effects in Hot Plasmas....Pages 326-358
Physical Effects and Numerical Simulation of X-Ray Transport in Plasmas....Pages 359-380
Simulation of Transport in Tokamaks....Pages 381-401
Models of Plasma Wall Interactions....Pages 402-421
Numerical Models for High Beta Magnetohydrodynamic Flow....Pages 422-457
