Flexible Grids For Complex Tokamak Topologies

适用于复杂托卡马克拓扑的灵活网格

• 批准号: 2889360
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of York
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2889360
• 关键词: Flexible; Grids; Complex; Tokamak; Topologies

As an undergraduate, I did a BSc in physics at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in Mexico City, specializing in plasma physics. I then did a year in Paris studying a master's in physics focused on simulating magnetically confined plasmas. Through my early years, I became fascinated with the idea of fusion energy. Now, I am proudly starting a PhD, researching "Flexible Grids For Complex Tokamak Topologies" with Dr. Peter Hill.Magnetically confined fusion devices called tokamaks are one of the most promising devices to achieve commercial fusion. Their exhaust systems, called divertors, are of particular importance as the complex physics in that region sets the boundary conditions "upstream" for the fusion-producing core, and so ultimately the power production. Advanced divertor designs, such as the "super-X" and "snowflake" divertors can have complex magnetic geometries and topologies which can make simulating them a challenging task.The project's objective is to adapt and extend the world-leading open-source BOUT++ framework to better handle advanced divertor designs by developing and testing a new mesh implementation in C++. The new mesh will then be used to study the effect of the shape of these advanced designs on the upstream conditions and compare simulations to experimental results from the UK's MAST-U tokamak.

作为一名本科生，我在墨西哥城的Au​​tónomaMetropolitana大学中获得了物理学学士学位，专门从事血浆物理学。然后，我在巴黎工作了一年，研究了一位物理学硕士，重点是模拟磁性狭窄的等离子体。早年，我对融合能量的想法着迷。现在，我自豪地开始了博士学位，研究了彼得·希尔（Peter Hill）博士的“灵活的托卡马克拓扑的灵活网格”。当该区域中复杂的物理学设置边界条件为产生融合的核心而设置的边界条件时，它们的排气系统（称为分流）尤其重要。先进的分流设计，例如“ Super-X”和“ Snowflake”分流，可以具有复杂的磁性几何形状和拓扑结构，这可以使模拟它们成为挑战任务。该项目的目标是通过开发和测试新的Mesh实施C+++++++在C ++中进行新的MESH实施。然后，新的网格将用于研究这些高级设计对上游条件的形状的影响，并将模拟与英国Mast-U Tokamak的实验结果进行比较。