G8 Multilateral Research Funding Nu-FuSE

G8 多边研究资助 Nu-FuSE

基本信息

批准号：
EP/J004839/1
负责人：
Graeme Ackland
金额：
$ 50.37万
依托单位：
University of Edinburgh
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2011
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2011 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FJ004839%2F1
关键词：
G8 Multilateral Research Funding Nu

项目摘要

The primary focus of fusion energy research over the past decades hasbeen on magnetic confinement devices called tokamaks. The UK's JETfacility is currently the largest tokamak in the world but will be surpassedby the international ITER device, now under construction in France.Providing computational resources in support of ITER is a dedicated HighPerformance Computer for Fusion (HPC-FF) at Jülich, Germany, which willsoon be expanded at Rokkasho, Japan in the International Fusion EnergyResearch Center within the ``broader approach" framework betweenJapan and the EU. Operation is planned to start in 2012. Simulation isrequired in three principal areas: plasma physics, the powerful controllingplasma-solid interaction/interface, and materials science. We haveconstructed a consortium involving six countries (France, Germany, Japan,Russia, UK and USA) with expertise in all three of these applicationsdomains as well as the underpinning computational science techniques.We propose to use these skills to undertake an integrated researchprogramme focussed on investigating the scaling of key codes which haverelevance for providing experimentally validated predictive capabilities formagnetic fusion systems.On the path towards an economical magnetic confinement fusion reactorintegrated numerical models can speed up technological but also physicalprogress, even mitigating possible bottlenecks.Our proposal concentrates on codes for three scientific areas, the plasmaitself, the materials from which a reactor will be built, and the physics of theplasma edge.Previous research on materials and plasmas has been conductedindependently, and a key aspect of the proposal is to ensure that scientistsworking in these areas are well versed in all the issues affecting putativedevices. We will train a cohort of young scientists who are genuinelyexpert in "Fusion Energy", as opposed to the current division of expertisebetween plasma physicists, reactor engineers and materials scientists.This group will comprise both the researchers paid for by the project, andthe students funded by the constituent universities to work alongside them.It will also bring together the international group of senior scientists (PIs)from different fields united in the goal of supporting a practical fusionenergy device. The collaborative training courses will ensure thatexpertise in one area is matched by an understanding of the other.Particularly in materials science, researchers are using codes developedto treat a wide range of materials. The issues relevant for fusion are morespecific, and there is plenty ofscope for both algorithmic and parallelisation developments to lead tosignificant speed-ups.By concentrating on community codes, we will ensure that the exascaledevelopments of the project are of benefit to a wide range of externalusers, in addition to the scientists working on the project itself.

在过去的几十年中，融合能源研究的主要重点在称为托卡马克斯的磁性限制装置上。英国的喷气式能力目前是世界上最大的托卡马克人，但将由国际迭代设备（现已在法国建设中建造）生存下来。为支持ITER提供的计算资源是一款专门的高性能计算机（HPC-FF），在德国Jülich，德国，在日本范围内，在日本的范围内，将在日本的范围内扩展到国际融合的范围内，这将在国际融合范围内扩展。欧盟。计划在2012年开始操作。在三个主要领域需要进行仿真：等离子物理，强大的控制倍率 - 固定互动/接口和材料科学。我们在所有这三个应用程序中以及基础的计算科学技术中涉及六个国家（法国，德国，日本，俄罗斯，英国和美国）涉及六个国家（法国，德国，日本，俄罗斯，英国和美国）的联盟，我们建议使用这些技能来实施综合的研究计划，以实现实验性的范围，以实现实验性的范围，以实现这些技能，以实现范围，以实现范围。 an economical magnetic confinement fusion reactorintegrated numerical models can speed up technical but also physicalprogress, even mitigating possible bottlenecks.Our proposal concentrates on codes for Three scientific areas, the plasmaitself, the materials from which a reactor will be built, and the physics of the plasma edge.Previous research on materials and plasmas has been conducted independently, and a key aspect of the proposal is to ensure that scientists working in these areas精通影响PutativedEvices的所有问题。我们将培训一群在“融合能源”中真正充实的年轻科学家，而不是等离子体物理学家，反应堆工程师和材料科学家之间的当前专业知识分配。该小组将完成该项目所支付的研究人员，以及由他们与国际科学的竞争者组成的一名竞争者（PIS）的学生资助的学生（PIS）的学生（PIS），这两个小组都将获得国际科学的依据（PIS）。 FusionOnEnergy设备。协作培训课程将确保在一个领域的理解与另一个区域的理解相匹配。在材料科学上，研究人员正在使用开发的代码来处理广泛的材料。与融合相关的问题更为具体，并且算法和并行化的发展也有很大的范围，从而导致大幅加速。通过关注社区代码，我们还将确保该项目的外部发展对广泛的外部使用者的好处，除了从事该项目本身的科学家。