TY - JOUR
T1 - An approach to verification and validation of MHD codes for fusion applications
AU - Smolentsev, S.
AU - Badia, S.
AU - Bhattacharyay, R.
AU - Bühler, L.
AU - Chen, L.
AU - Huang, Q.
AU - Jin, H. G.
AU - Krasnov, D.
AU - Lee, D. W.
AU - De Les Valls, E. Mas
AU - Mistrangelo, C.
AU - Munipalli, R.
AU - Ni, M. J.
AU - Pashkevich, D.
AU - Patel, A.
AU - Pulugundla, G.
AU - Satyamurthy, P.
AU - Snegirev, A.
AU - Sviridov, V.
AU - Swain, P.
AU - Zhou, T.
AU - Zikanov, O.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/11/1
Y1 - 2015/11/1
N2 - We propose a new activity on verification and validation (V&V) of MHD codes presently employed by the fusion community as a predictive capability tool for liquid metal cooling applications, such as liquid metal blankets. The important steps in the development of MHD codes starting from the 1970s are outlined first and then basic MHD codes, which are currently in use by designers of liquid breeder blankets, are reviewed. A benchmark database of five problems has been proposed to cover a wide range of MHD flows from laminar fully developed to turbulent flows, which are of interest for fusion applications: (A) 2D fully developed laminar steady MHD flow, (B) 3D laminar, steady developing MHD flow in a non-uniform magnetic field, (C) quasi-two-dimensional MHD turbulent flow, (D) 3D turbulent MHD flow, and (E) MHD flow with heat transfer (buoyant convection). Finally, we introduce important details of the proposed activities, such as basic V&V rules and schedule. The main goal of the present paper is to help in establishing an efficient V&V framework and to initiate benchmarking among interested parties. The comparison results computed by the codes against analytical solutions and trusted experimental and numerical data as well as code-to-code comparisons will be presented and analyzed in companion paper/papers.
AB - We propose a new activity on verification and validation (V&V) of MHD codes presently employed by the fusion community as a predictive capability tool for liquid metal cooling applications, such as liquid metal blankets. The important steps in the development of MHD codes starting from the 1970s are outlined first and then basic MHD codes, which are currently in use by designers of liquid breeder blankets, are reviewed. A benchmark database of five problems has been proposed to cover a wide range of MHD flows from laminar fully developed to turbulent flows, which are of interest for fusion applications: (A) 2D fully developed laminar steady MHD flow, (B) 3D laminar, steady developing MHD flow in a non-uniform magnetic field, (C) quasi-two-dimensional MHD turbulent flow, (D) 3D turbulent MHD flow, and (E) MHD flow with heat transfer (buoyant convection). Finally, we introduce important details of the proposed activities, such as basic V&V rules and schedule. The main goal of the present paper is to help in establishing an efficient V&V framework and to initiate benchmarking among interested parties. The comparison results computed by the codes against analytical solutions and trusted experimental and numerical data as well as code-to-code comparisons will be presented and analyzed in companion paper/papers.
KW - Blanket
KW - Computer code
KW - Liquid metal magnetohydrodynamics
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84942553946
U2 - 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2014.04.049
DO - 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2014.04.049
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:84942553946
SN - 0920-3796
VL - 100
SP - 65
EP - 72
JO - Fusion Engineering and Design
JF - Fusion Engineering and Design
ER -