Mesh generation for confined fusion plasma simulation

Zhang, Fan; Hager, Robert; Ku, Seung-Hoe; Chang, Choong-Seock; Jardin, Stephen C.; Ferraro, Nathaniel M.; Seol, E. Seegyoung; Yoon, Eisung; Shephard, Mark S.

doi:10.1007/s00366-015-0417-y

Mesh generation for confined fusion plasma simulation

Journal Article · Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Engineering with Computers

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00366-015-0417-y· OSTI ID:1358580

Zhang, Fan ^[1]; Hager, Robert ^[2]; Ku, Seung-Hoe ^[2]; Chang, Choong-Seock ^[2]; Jardin, Stephen C. ^[2]; Ferraro, Nathaniel M. ^[3]; Seol, E. Seegyoung ^[1]; Yoon, Eisung ^[1]; Shephard, Mark S. ^[1]

Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States). Scientific Computation Research Center (SCOREC)
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)

XGC1 and M3D-C¹are two fusion plasma simulation codes being developed at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. XGC1 uses the particle-in-cell method to simulate gyrokinetic neoclassical physics and turbulence. M3D-C¹ solves the two-fluid resistive magnetohydrodynamic equations with the C¹ finite elements. This paper presents the software tools and libraries that were combined to form the geometry and automatic meshing procedures for these codes. Finally, specific consideration has been given to satisfy the mesh configuration and element shape quality constraints of XGC1 and M3D-C¹.

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Research Organization:: Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States); Simmetrix Inc., Clifton Park, NY (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0008449; SC0006618; SC0006617; SC0013919

OSTI ID:: 1358580

Journal Information:: Engineering with Computers, Vol. 32, Issue 2; ISSN 0177-0667

Publisher:: SpringerCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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