Adaptive grids and implicit differencing applied to plasma simulation

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6243434

Brackbill, J U; Forslund, D W; Vu, Hoanh

To understand the kinetic processes that determine energy confinement and impurity production in magnetic confinement experiments, we are developing methods to model kinetic effects on magnetohydrodynamic time scales in realistic geometries. We are using implicit methods and adaptive grids to achieve this goal. 9 refs., 2 figs.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/AD
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6243434
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-91-103; CONF-9009269-6; ON: DE91007383; TRN: 91-004490
• Resource Relation: Conference: US-Japan workshop on advances in simulation techniques applied to plasmas and fusion, Los Angeles, CA (USA), 26-28 Sep 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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