Axisymmetric simulations of vertical displacement events in tokamaks: A benchmark of M3D-C$^1$, NIMROD and JOREK

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العنوان: Axisymmetric simulations of vertical displacement events in tokamaks: A benchmark of M3D-C$^1$, NIMROD and JOREK
المؤلفون: Krebs, I., Artola, F. J., Sovinec, C. R., Jardin, S. C., Bunkers, K. J., Hoelzl, M., Ferraro, N. M.
سنة النشر: 2019
المجموعة: Physics (Other)
مصطلحات موضوعية: Physics - Plasma Physics, Physics - Computational Physics
الوصف: A benchmark exercise for the modeling of vertical displacement events (VDEs) is presented and applied to the 3D nonlinear magneto-hydrodynamic codes M3D-C$^1$, JOREK and NIMROD. The simulations are based on a vertically unstable NSTX equilibrium enclosed by an axisymmetric resistive wall with rectangular cross section. A linear dependence of the linear VDE growth rates on the resistivity of the wall is recovered for sufficiently large wall conductivity and small temperatures in the open field line region. The benchmark results show good agreement between the VDE growth rates obtained from linear NIMROD and M3D-C$^1$ simulations as well as from the linear phase of axisymmetric nonlinear JOREK, NIMROD and M3D-C$^1$ simulations. Axisymmetric nonlinear simulations of a full VDE performed with the three codes are compared and excellent agreement is found regarding plasma location and plasma currents as well as eddy and halo currents in the wall.
Comment: The following article will be submitted to Physics of Plasmas
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1063/1.5127664
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1908.02387
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1908.02387
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv