The Computational Physics Program of the National MFE Computer Center

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:7190954

Mirin, A A

The computational physics group is involved in several areas of fusion research. One main area is the application of multidimensional Fokker-Planck and transport codes to tokamaks and compact toroids. Another major area is the investigation of resistive magnetohydrodynamics in three dimensions, with applications to compact toroids and reversed field pinches. A third major area is the investigation of kinetic instabilities using a 3-D particle code. This work is often coupled with the task of numerically generating equilibria which model experimental devices. In addition to these computational physics studies, the group is making a major effort at ascertaining how to efficiently utilize multiprocessor computers.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 7190954
• Report Number(s): UCID-17530-87-Rev.6; ON: DE87005268
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700100* -- Fusion Energy-- Plasma Research
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990210 -- Supercomputers-- (1987-1989)
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES
COMPACT TORUS
COMPUTER CALCULATIONS
COMPUTERS
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
DIGITAL COMPUTERS
EQUATIONS
FLUID MECHANICS
FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION
HYDRODYNAMICS
INSTABILITY
MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
MECHANICS
PARALLEL PROCESSING
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PLASMA INSTABILITY
PLASMA SIMULATION
PROGRAMMING
SIMULATION
SUPERCOMPUTERS
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
TOKAMAK DEVICES
TORI
TRANSPORT THEORY