GRILLIX: a 3D turbulence code based on the flux-coordinate independent approach

A Stegmeir, D Coster, A Ross, O Maj… - Plasma Physics and …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The GRILLIX code is presented with which plasma turbulence/transport in various
geometries can be simulated in 3D. The distinguishing feature of the code is that it is based …

Asymptotic-preserving methods and multiscale models for plasma physics

P Degond, F Deluzet - Journal of Computational Physics, 2017 - Elsevier
The purpose of the present paper is to provide an overview of Asymptotic-Preserving
methods for multiscale plasma simulations by addressing three singular perturbation …

Filament simulations for stellarators; a review of recent progress

B Shanahan - Frontiers in Physics, 2024 - frontiersin.org
A review of recent advances in simulations of turbulent filaments with relevance to
stellarators is presented. Progress in performing global edge turbulence simulations is …

The field line map approach for simulations of magnetically confined plasmas

A Stegmeir, D Coster, O Maj, K Hallatschek… - Computer Physics …, 2016 - Elsevier
Predictions of plasma parameters in the edge and scrape-off layer of tokamaks is difficult
since most modern tokamaks have a divertor and the associated separatrix causes the …

Fluid simulations of plasma filaments in stellarator geometries with BSTING

B Shanahan, B Dudson, P Hill - Plasma Physics and Controlled …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Here we present first results simulating plasma filaments in non-axisymmetric geometries,
using a fluid turbulence extension of the BOUT++ framework. This is made possible by the …

Global fluid turbulence simulations in the scrape-off layer of a stellarator island divertor

B Shanahan, D Bold, B Dudson - Journal of Plasma Physics, 2024 - cambridge.org
Isothermal fluid turbulence simulations have been performed in the edge and scrape-off
layer (SOL) of an analytic stellarator configuration with an island divertor, thereby providing …

[图书][B] Magnetic fluctuations in gyrokinetic simulations of tokamak scrape-off layer turbulence

NR Mandell - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Understanding turbulent transport physics in the tokamak edge and scrape-off layer (SOL) is
critical to developing a successful fusion reactor. The dynamics in these regions plays a key …

The effect of magnetic islands on ion temperature gradient turbulence driven transport

P Hill, F Hariri, M Ottaviani - Physics of Plasmas, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, we address the question of the influence of magnetic islands on the
perpendicular transport due to steady-state ITG turbulence on the energy transport time …

Three discontinuous Galerkin schemes for the anisotropic heat conduction equation on non-aligned grids

M Held, M Wiesenberger, A Stegmeir - Computer Physics Communications, 2016 - Elsevier
We present and discuss three discontinuous Galerkin (dG) discretizations for the anisotropic
heat conduction equation on non-aligned cylindrical grids. Our non-aligned scheme relies …

Advances in the flux-coordinate independent approach

A Stegmeir, O Maj, D Coster, K Lackner, M Held… - Computer Physics …, 2017 - Elsevier
The flux-coordinate independent approach (FCI) offers a promising solution to deal with a
separatrix and X-point (s) in diverted tokamaks. Whereas the discretisation of perpendicular …