NIMROD Team Meeting Agenda

October 29, 2016, San Jose, California

Almaden Room, San Jose Marriott

Minutes

Computational development:

8:45-9:30         Carl SovinecProjections, time-step control, and other topics

9:30-10:15       Scott Kruger—Review of open-flux treatment in FLUXGRID

10:15-10:30     break

Physical model development:

10:30-11:15     Jeong-Young JiParallel closures in an inhomogeneous magnetic field

11:15-12:00     Sina Taheri Implementation of a plasma-neutral model in NIMROD

12:00-12:30     Matthew Beidler Implementation of time-dependent boundary conditions and

                        applications to mode locking

12:30-1:45       lunch break

Applications:

1:45-2:30         Jacob King—Flux-surface-averaged fluctuation-induced transport and energy-

                        flow diagnostic and steady-state considerations

2:30-3:15         Joshua Sauppe Extended MHD Modeling of Tearing-Driven Magnetic

                        Relaxation (dry run of invited APS talk)

3:15-4:00         Eric Howell—Update on modeling low-q disruptions in CTH

4:00-4:15         break

4:15-5:00         Kyle Morgan— Validation and Results of HIT-SI3 Simulations

5:00-5:30         Torrin Bechtel— Updates on Finite-Beta Stellarator Simulations

5:30-6:00         Brian CornilleModeling RMP effects in MST tokamak discharges

adjourn

team dinner