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Departures from Sonic Flow at the Sheath on a Divertor Target or Limiter
Author(s) -
Harbour P J,
Loarte A
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
contributions to plasma physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0863-1042
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.2150340234
Subject(s) - supersonic speed , limiter , divertor , mechanics , range (aeronautics) , choked flow , momentum (technical analysis) , boundary layer , flow (mathematics) , plasma , materials science , physics , nuclear physics , tokamak , telecommunications , finance , computer science , economics , composite material
Sonic transitions in a scrape‐off layer (SOL) are discussed, showing the importance of particle and momentum sources, temperature gradients, area change and viscous effects. Supersonic boundary conditions are considered. Sonic transitions are modelled over a wide range of parameters using EDGE1D.