The status of the literature is reviewed for thermophysical properties of pure polycrystalline
solid and liquid beryllium which constitute input for the modeling of intense plasma–surface …

Implicit algorithms are essential for predicting the slow growth and saturation of global
instabilities in today's magnetically confined fusion plasma experiments. Present day …

Theoretical guidance is needed on two disruption questions:(1) When is a tokamak
operating in a metastable state in which loss of control is credible (avoidance question)?(2) …

This paper describes progress achieved since 2007 in understanding disruptions in
tokamaks, when the effect of plasma current sharing with the wall was introduced into theory …

With reference to toroidal fusion devices, we solve axisymmetric nonlinear evolutionary
equilibrium equations, describing the plasma behaviour, self-consistently coupled to eddy …

Free-boundary 3D tokamak equilibria and resistive wall instabilities are calculated using a
new resistive wall model in the two-fluid M3D-C1 code. In this model, the resistive wall and …

A key feature of disruptions during vertical displacement events, discovered in JET in 1996,
is the toroidal variation in the measured plasma current I p, ie the plasma current …

Asymmetrical disruptions may occur during ITER operation and they may be accompanied
by large sideways forces and rotation of the asymmetry. This is of particular concern …

Vertical displacement events (VDEs) can occur in elongated tokamaks causing large
currents to flow in the vessel and other adjacent metallic structures. To better understand the …

Hot vertical displacement events (VDEs) are one of the worst case scenarios for high-current
tokamaks as they are associated with large heat loads and electro-magnetic forces. Non …