The M3D-C1 Approach to Simulating 3D 2-fluid Magnetohydrodynamics in Magnetic Fusion Experiments
Authors: S. C. Jardin, N. Ferraro, X. Luo, J. Chen, J. Breslau, K.E. Jansen, and M. S. Shephard
Abstract:
A new approach for solving the 3D MHD equations in a strongly magnetized toroidal plasma is presented which uses high-order 2D finite elements with C1 continuity. The vector fields use a physics-based decomposition. An efficient implicit time advance separates the velocity and field advance. ITAPS (SCOREC) adaptivity software and TOPS solvers are used.
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Submitted to: Journal of Physics Conference Series Conf. SCI DAC 2008 Seattle, WA July 14-17, 2008
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