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Title: Exploring Acceleration Schemes for Nonlinear Heat Equations in Fusion Reactor Modeling

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1567990· OSTI ID:1567990
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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); California State Univ., Sacramento, CA (United States)

Plasma modeling inside a tokamak reactor poses a challenging and often times computationally expensive endeavor. The process of running these simulations has the potential to increase the predictive capabilities of these models. Here we investigate the effect particular acceleration schemes, mainly Anderson Acceleration, have on a nonlinear transport equation solver, Tango, developed by Parker et al. We show that Anderson acceleration offers a method for decreasing the computational cost through a test problem developed by Shestakov et al, which shows promise towards utilizing Anderson Acceleration in complex transport simulations

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-07NA27344
OSTI ID:
1567990
Report Number(s):
LLNL-TR-791542; 990744; TRN: US2100397
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English