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Nicholas Tsoulfanidis—ANS member since 1969
As an undergraduate I studied physics at the University of Athens. I entered the university in 1955 after successfully passing a national exam (came up fourth in a field of about 700 candidates). Upon graduation and finishing my mandatory two-year military service, the plan was to teach physics either in a public high school or as a tutor for a private for-profit institution, preparing high school students for the national exam.
J. P. H. E. Ongena, I. Voitsekhovitch, M. Evrard, D. McCune
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 57 | Number 2 | February 2010 | Pages 381-390
Anomalous Transport | Proceedings of the Ninth Carolus Magnus Summer School on Plasma and Fusion Energy Physics | doi.org/10.13182/FST10-A9429
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This paper gives a brief introduction on numerical transport codes. The relevant equations that are used in these codes are established, and on the basis of these equations, the necessary calculations needed to resolve them are pointed out. Finally, some examples are given, illustrating their application.