1. The European Integrated Tokamak Modelling (ITM) effort: achievements and first physics results
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Falchetto, G.L., Coster, D., Coelho, R., Scott, B.D., Figini, L., Kalupin, D., Nardon, E., Nowak, S., Alves, L.L., Artaud, J.F., Basiuk, V., Bizarro, JoãoP.S., Boulbe, C., Dinklage, A., Farina, D., Faugeras, B., Ferreira, J., Figueiredo, A., Huynh, P., Imbeaux, F., Ivanova-Stanik, I., Jonsson, T., Klingshirn, H.-J., Konz, C., Kus, A., Marushchenko, N.B., Pereverzev, G., Owsiak, M., Poli, E., Peysson, Y., Reimer, R., Signoret, J., Sauter, O., Stankiewicz, R., Strand, P., Voitsekhovitch, I., Westerhof, E., Zok, T., Zwingmann, W., contributors, ITM-TF, Team, ASDEXUpgrade, Contributors, JET-EFDA, Institut de Recherche sur la Fusion par confinement Magnétique (IRFM), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik [Garching] (IPP), Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear [Lisboa] (IPFN), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (IST), Istituto di Fisica del Plasma, EURATOM-ENEA-CNR Association, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche [Roma] (CNR), European Fusion Development Agreement [Garching bei München] ( EFDA-CSU), Control, Analysis and Simulations for TOkamak Research (CASTOR), Inria Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée (CRISAM), Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Laboratoire Jean Alexandre Dieudonné (JAD), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Jean Alexandre Dieudonné (JAD), Association EURATOM-CEA (CEA/DSM/DRFC), Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion [Warsaw] (IPPLM), Fusion Plasma Physics [Stockholm], Royal Institute of Technology [Stockholm] (KTH ), Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Department of Earth and Space Sciences [Göteborg], Chalmers University of Technology [Göteborg], Culham Science Centre [Abingdon], Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research [Nieuwegein] (DIFFER), Research & Innovation [Brussels], European Commission [Brussels], National Research Council of Italy | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Laboratoire Jean Alexandre Dieudonné (LJAD), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), Laboratoire Jean Alexandre Dieudonné (LJAD), ITM-TF Contributors, ASDEX Upgrade Team, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Max Planck Society, and JET-EFDA Contributors
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Tokamak ,7. Clean energy ,01 natural sciences ,010305 fluids & plasmas ,law.invention ,ASDEX Upgrade ,law ,Physics::Plasma Physics ,Benchmark (surveying) ,0103 physical sciences ,Fysik ,Aerospace engineering ,010306 general physics ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Physics ,business.industry ,turbulence ,Magnetic confinement fusion ,Fluid mechanics ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Data structure ,simulation ,[INFO.INFO-MO]Computer Science [cs]/Modeling and Simulation ,Workflow ,Physical Sciences ,integrated modelling ,transport ,code verification ,Magnetohydrodynamics ,business - Abstract
A selection of achievements and first physics results are presented of the European Integrated Tokamak Modelling Task Force (EFDA ITM-TF) simulation framework, which aims to provide a standardized platform and an integrated modelling suite of validated numerical codes for the simulation and prediction of a complete plasma discharge of an arbitrary tokamak. The framework developed by the ITM-TF, based on a generic data structure including both simulated and experimental data, allows for the development of sophisticated integrated simulations (workflows) for physics application.The equilibrium reconstruction and linear magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stability simulation chain was applied, in particular, to the analysis of the edgeMHDstability of ASDEX Upgrade type-I ELMy H-mode discharges and ITER hybrid scenario, demonstrating the stabilizing effect of an increased Shafranov shift on edge modes. Interpretive simulations of a JET hybrid discharge were performed with two electromagnetic turbulence codes within ITM infrastructure showing the signature of trapped-electron assisted ITG turbulence. A successful benchmark among five EC beam/ray-tracing codes was performed in the ITM framework for an ITER inductive scenario for different launching conditions from the equatorial and upper launcher, showing good agreement of the computed absorbed power and driven current. Selected achievements and scientific workflow applications targeting key modelling topics and physics problems are also presented, showing the current status of the ITM-TF modelling suite. QC 20140505. Correction in: Nuclear Fusion, vol. 54, issue 9, Article Number. 099501WOS: 000341966700017, DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/54/9/099501
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