vansig wrote: the field generated in the plasmoid will quickly dominate the process. i doubt there is any benefit
As I understood the process, the axial field is used to start the field rotating in order to assist the process, and that it is an important part of the process. So, I think that tuning the action of the axial field has merit – especially if there’s no closed form solution available. A genetic (algorithm) search, or even a drunkards-walk, through the solution space should do to settle what the best setting should be. A fuzzy-logic controller would be more suited to a system that varies shot-to-shot, and has some characteristic that can be monitored by the controller, and used to moderate the axial field.
I’m thinking, though, that a rheostat to tune things would probably work as well – so long as the trigger is stable.
Pat
