Accurate derivative evaluation for any Grad-Shafranov solver

DOI10.1016/J.JCP.2015.11.015zbMATH Open1349.76258arXiv1507.07444OpenAlexW2125645179MaRDI QIDQ2374960FDOQ2374960

Authors: L. F. Ricketson, Antoine J. Cerfon, Manas Rachh, Jeffrey P. Freidberg 

Publication date: 5 December 2016

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present a numerical scheme that can be combined with any fixed boundary finite element based Poisson or Grad-Shafranov solver to compute the first and second partial derivatives of the solution to these equations with the same order of convergence as the solution itself. At the heart of our scheme is an efficient and accurate computation of the Dirichlet to Neumann map through the evaluation of a singular volume integral and the solution to a Fredholm integral equation of the second kind. Our numerical method is particularly useful for magnetic confinement fusion simulations, since it allows the evaluation of quantities such as the magnetic field, the parallel current density and the magnetic curvature with much higher accuracy than has been previously feasible on the affordable coarse grids that are usually implemented.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.07444

Recommendations

• A fast, high-order solver for the Grad-Shafranov equation
• A mimetic spectral element solver for the Grad-Shafranov equation
• Solving the Grad-Shafranov equation with spectral elements
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4172332
• Magnetic equations with Freefem++: the Grad-Shafranov equation \& the current hole

zbMATH Keywords

plasmaequilibriumfinite elementsintegral equationsGrad-Shafranov equationmagnetic confinement fusionquadrature by expansion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30) Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M10) Statistical mechanics of plasmas (82D10) Statistical mechanics of magnetic materials (82D40) Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05)

Cites Work

• The CHEASE code for toroidal MHD equilibria
• A fast algorithm for particle simulations
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Spectral Methods in MATLAB
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• The exponentially convergent trapezoidal rule
• The Princeton spectral equilibrium code: PSEC
• FINESSE: Axisymmetric MHD equilibria with flow
• ECOM: A fast and accurate solver for toroidal axisymmetric MHD equilibria
• Solving the Grad-Shafranov equation with spectral elements
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• A fast, high-order solver for the Grad-Shafranov equation
• Quadrature by expansion: a new method for the evaluation of layer potentials
• Computational methods in plasma physics.
• On the convergence of local expansions of layer potentials
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Improved poloidal convergence of the MARS code for MHD stability analysis
• Magnetic equations with Freefem++: the Grad-Shafranov equation \& the current hole

Cited In (3)

• A hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin solver for the Grad-Shafranov equation
• An adaptive fast multipole accelerated Poisson solver for complex geometries
• Adaptive quadrature by expansion for layer potential evaluation in two dimensions

Uses Software

• Matlab
• CHEASE
• XTOR
• FINESSE
• ORB5
• ERATO
• ECOM
• PSEC

This page was built for publication: Accurate derivative evaluation for any Grad-Shafranov solver

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q2374960)