  One of the common tasks required for designing new plasma pulses or shaping
scenarios is to design the desired equilibria using an equilibrium
(Grad-Shafranov equation) solver. However, standard equilibrium solvers are
time-independent and cannot include dynamic effects such as plasma current
drive, induced vessel currents, or voltage constraints. In this work we present
the Grad-Shafranov Pulse Design (GSPD) algorithm, which solves for sequences of
equilibria while simultaneously including time-dependent effects. The computed
equilibria satisfy both Grad-Shafranov force balance and axisymmetric conductor
circuit dynamics. The code for GSPD is available at
github.com/plasmacontrol/GSPD.

Plasma Physics