November 6, 2010
Hyatt Regency, Skyway 260, Chicago, Illinois
Computational topics:
9:00-9:30 Scott
Kruger—New software engineering aspects of Nimdevel
9:30-10:00 Ben
Jamroz—Integration of PETSc for nonlinear
solves
10:00-10:30 Charlson
Kim—Update on the hybrid kinetic-MHD model in NIMROD
Physical model development:
10:40-11:10 Tom
Jenkins—Coupled IPS/NIMROD/GENRAY simulations
11:10-11:40 Eric
Howell—Update and discussion of fluid ITG with NIMROD's model
11:40-12:10 Jianhua Cheng—Kinetic
MHD simulation of tearing modes
1:20-1:50 Eric
Held—Benchmark of NIMROD's continuum drift-kinetic modeling with NEO and
simulation particle results
1:50-2:20 Jeong-Young
Ji--Moment approach to the drift kinetic equation for toroidal plasmas
Applications:
2:20-2:50 Ping
Zhu—Gyroviscosity-induced FLR effects on peeling-ballooning instability
2:50-3:20 Mark
Schlutt—Straight stellarator simulation update: are 3D magnetic
equilibria robust to MHD instability?
3:30-4:00 Richard
Milroy—Summary of recent FRC formation calculations
4:00-4:30 Nick
Murphy—Resistive MHD simulations of X-line retreat
4:30-5:00 Fatima
Ebrahimi—Global Hall-MHD simulations of MRI and update on finite-pressure
effects in RFPs
5:00-5:30 John
O'Bryan—Computations of current-channel evolution with a cold background
5:30-6:00 Andrea
Montgomery—Progress on computations with error-field boundary conditions
6:00-6:20 Cihan
Akcay—Recent results from low-S resistive MHD simulations of the HIT-SI
experiment