Data management in a fusion energy research experiment

Technical Report · Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6334115· OSTI ID:6334115

Glad, A.; Drobnis, D.; McHarg, B.

Present-day fusion research requires extensive support for the large amount of scientific data generated, bringing about three distinct problems computer systems must solve: (1) the processing of large amounts of data in very small time frames; (2) the archiving, analyzing and managing of the entire data output for the project's lifetime; (3) the standardization of data for the exchange of information between laboratories. The computer system supporting General Atomic's Doublet III tokamak, a project funded by the United States Department of Energy, is the first to encounter and address these problems through a system-wide data base structure.

• Research Organization: General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AT03-76ET51011
• OSTI ID: 6334115
• Report Number(s): GA-A-16272; ON: DE81027932; TRN: 81-015825
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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