The CHEASE code for toroidal MHD equilibria

Abstract
The CHEASE code (Cubic Hermite Element Axisymmetric Static Equilibrium) solves the Grad-Shafranov equation for toroidal MHD equilibria using a Hermite bicubic finite element discretization with pressure, current profiles and plasma boundaries specified by analytical forms or sets of experimental data points. Moreover, CHEASE allows the automatic generation of pressure profiles marginally stable to ballooning modes or with a prescribed fraction of bootstrap current. The code provides equilibri...

Title of program: CHEASE
Catalogue Id: ADDH_v1_0

Nature of problem
CHEASE [1] solves the Grad-Shafranov equation [2, 3, 4] for the MHD equilibrium of a Tokamak-like plasma with pressure and current profiles specified by analytic forms or sets of data points. Equilibria marginally stable to ballooning modes [5] or with a prescribed fraction of bootstrap current [6, 7, 8] can be computed. The code provides a mapping to magnetic flux coordinates, suitable for MHD stability calculations or global wave propagation studies. The code computes equilibrium quantities fo ...

Versions of this program held in the CPC repository in Mendeley Data
ADDH_v1_0; CHEASE; 10.1016/0010-4655(96)00046-X

This program has been imported from the CPC Program Library held at Queen's University Belfast (1969-2019)