a SciDAC activity based on extensions and applications of the NIMROD and M3D codes

PROJECT PAGE

• 2012 APS Poster by Linda Sugiyama on "Finite Time Lyapunov Exponents for Magnetically Confined Plasmas" Part1 Part2 Part3
• The Internal Kink Mode and Giant Sawteeth in Tokamaks--Dalton D. Schnack (updated 3/06/12)
• Preprint--ITG-like Instability in the Two-fluid Model in Slab Geometry--D.D.Schnack, D. C. Barnes, P.Zhu, C. Hegna, C. Sovinec(2011)
• Preprint--Multiple timescale calculations of sawteeth and other global macroscopic dynamics of tokamak plasmas--S. Jardin(2011)
• Report--Stability study of the cylindrical tokamak--Thomas Scaffidi(2011)
• Preprint--Fluid and Drift-Kinetic Description of a Magnetized Plasma with Low Collisionality and Slow Dynamics Orderings. II: Ion Theory--J. Ramos (2011)
• As Published--Review of Implicit Methods for the Magnetohydrodynamic Description of Magnetically Confined Plasmas--S. Jardin (2010)
• High-S Resistive MHD Calculations with M3D-C1 (2009)
• Preprint--Wall forces produced during ITER disruptions--H. Strauss, R. Paccagnella, J. Breslau (2010)
• Preprint--Ideal and Resistive Edge Stability Calculations with M3D-C1-- N. Ferraro, S. Jardin, P. Snyder (April 2010)
• Magnetic X-points, stochasticity, and Edge Loalized Modes--Linda Sugiyama (3/16/10)
• Calculating electron cyclotron current drive stabilization of resistive tearing modes in a nonlinear MHD model--T.G. Jenkins, S. E. Kruger, C.C. Hegna, D.D. Schnack, C. R. Sovinec (Aug 2009)
• Viscous Forces Due to Collisional Parallel Stresses for Extended MHD Codes-- J.D. Callen [UW-CPTC 009-6R] (Feb 2010)
• Some properties of the M3D-C1 form of the 3D MHD equations-- J. Breslau, N. Ferraro, S. Jardin (July 2009)
• Magnetic X-points, stochasticity, and Edge Localized Modes -- L. Sugiyama (SciDAC 2009)
• NF Article: " 3D MHD VDE and disruptions simulations of tokamak plasmas including some ITER scenarios" , by R. Paccagnella, H. Strauss, and J. Breslau (02/19/09)
• Non-Ideal effects on the stability and Transport of Magnetized Plasmas--PhD Thesis by Nate Ferraro (11/04/08)
• Progress report on the two-fluid theory of the tearing mode--J.J.Ramos (March 2008)
• Computational Study of the Internal Kind Mode Evolution and Associated Magnetic Reconnection Phenomena (PhD.Thesis-- V.Lukin) (Jan 2008)
• An Improved Tokamak Sawtooth Benchmark for 3D Nonlinear MHD (J. Breslau, C. Sovinec, S. Jardin, 2007)
• Axisymmetric Interchange Calculations with NIMROD (C.Sovinec 01/09/07)
• A High-Order Implicit Finite Element Method for Integrating the Extended-Magneto-Hydrodynamic Equations in Two Dimensions (PPPL-4209- S.Jardin,J.Breslau,N.Ferraro 1/08/07)
• Fluid Theory of Magnetized Plasma DYnamics at Low Collisionality (J. J. Ramos 12/14/06)
• On Pfirsch-Schluter flows in MHD codes (S.Jardin 11/07/06)
• GEM Magnetic Reconnection test problem for Code Comparison and Benchmarking
• preprint: "Finite Element Implementation of Braginskii's Gyroviscous Stress with Application to the Gravitational Instability", by N.M.Ferraro and S.C. Jardin)pdf
• Suggestions for 2-fluid Test Problems from Oct 2005 CEMM Meeting
• preprint: "Gravitational Instability as a Test Case for Extended MHD Computations" (August 2005 (revised 9/17/05)), by D. D. Schnack)pdf
• preprint: "Effect of Compressibility on the two-fluid Gravitational Interchange Instability" (10 Feb 2006), by D. D. Schnack)pdf
• MATT-523:"Interpretation of Experiments on Collisional Drift Modes", by B. Coppi, et al (1967) MATT_523
• Some supporting algebra (S.Jardin)
• "Two-fluid tearing instability in force-free magnetic cocnfiguration", by Mirnov VV, Hegna CC, Prager SC, Phys Plasmas 11 4468 (2004) paper
• preprint: "The Effect of Heat Stress on the Propagation of Sound Waves in a Uniform Magnetized Plasma within the Extended MHD Model" (August 2005, by D. D. Schnack)pdf
• preprint: "What are Closures" (August 2005, by J.D. Callen)pdf
• preprint: "General Expression of the Gyroviscous Force" (June 2005) (By , J.Ramos) pdf
• memo: "Coordinate-free form of Braginskii Gyro-viscous Stress" (Mar 2005) (By , J.Ramos) pdf
• preprint: "Dynamics of the Major Disruption of the DIII-D Plasma" (Nov 2004) (By , S.Kruger) pdf
• CEMM Proposal submitted March 19, 2004 pdf
• preprint: "Implicit solution of the 4-field extended-MHD equations using high-order high-continuity finite elements" (Nov 2004) (By , S.C. Jardin and J. Breslau) pdf
• preprint: "Gyrokinetic delta-f simulation of the collisionless and semi-collisional tearing mode instability" (8/13/04) (By , W. Wan, Y. Chen, and S. E. Parker) pdf
• preprint: "NIMROD Scaling Information for Nonlinear Tokamak Simulations using Super-LU" (8/13/04) (By , Carl Sovinec, U. Wisc.) pdf
• preprint: "Fluid Formalism for Collisionless Magnetized Plasmas" (Aug 2004) (By , Jesus J. Ramos) pdf
• preprint: "Two-Dimensional simulation of pellet ablation with atomic processes" (Aug 2004) (By , Ishizaki, Parks, Nakajima, and Okamoto)
• Review of the literature on the Sawtooth Oscillation/Instability in Tokamaks (provided by S.Jardin)PS or pdf
• Formulation of the Resistive Wall Boundary Conditions in NIMROD (by D.D. Schnack and S.E. Kruger, Jan. 2003 [posted Aug 18, 2003]) pdf
• Ordered Fluid Equations (by D.D. Schnack, Aug. 2003 [Rev 2: Aug 14]) pdf
• Ordered Fluid Equations II (by D.D. Schnack, Feb. 2004) pdf
• Some Dispersion Properties of the Gyro-Viscous Fluid Equations in a Univofm Medium (by D.D. Schnack, Jan. 2004) pdf
• NIMROD JCP paper submission (rev 2) (by C.Sovinec, et. al., Aug. 2003 [Rev 2: Aug 14]) pdf
• CEMM Challenge Problems for Advanced Numerical Algorithms (Rev 2: 8/30/03) pdf
• preprint: "A Triangular Finite Element with First-Derivative Continuity Applied to Fusion MHD Applications" (1/29/04) (By S. Jardin) pdf
• preprint: "MHD Simulations with Resistive Wall and Magnetic Separatrix " (3/19/04) (By H. Strauss, et al) pdf
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• Definition and status of the Original Testproblems(2001)
• CEMM Proposal submitted March 15, 2001 html or pdf
• CEMM Proposal Reviewer Comments (May 9, 2001) ps or pdf
• Summary of Callen/Hegna Neoclassical Tearing Mode discussion (Nov. 2000) HTML or pdf
• Comments on the 2-fluid equations in Sugiyama and Park, Phys. Plasmas, Vol 7, page 4644 (2000) (by S.Jardin)PS or pdf
• Final Report from the FESAC Subcommittee on Integrated Modeling and Optimization of Fusion Systems. pdf version of final report and pdf version of report Appendix

Last modified on 10 Jan 2011.

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