Dimensionally Correct Power Law Scaling Expressions for L-mode Confinement

@article{Riedel1991DimensionallyCP,
  title={Dimensionally Correct Power Law Scaling Expressions for L-mode Confinement},
  author={Kurt S. Riedel},
  journal={arXiv: Plasma Physics},
  year={1991},
  pages={927-941}
}
  • K. Riedel
  • Published 1 May 1991
  • Physics, Computer Science
  • arXiv: Plasma Physics
Confinement scalings of divertor and radiofrequency heated discharges are shown to differ significantly from the standard neutral beam heated limiter scaling. The random coefficient two stage regression algorithm is applied to a neutral beam heated limiter subset of the ITER L mode database as well as a combined dataset. We find a scaling similar to Goldston scaling for the NB limiter dataset and a scaling similar to ITER89P for the combined dataset. Various missing value algorithms are… 
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