PHASE

Short Description

Program to perform EPEC island dynamics simulation.

Keywords

island, RMP

Long Description

Program to read FLUX data from fFile(s), NEOCLASSICAL data from nFile(s), GPEC data from uFile(s), mFiles(s), and lFile(s), and perform island dynamics simulation. Final state of plasma saved in sFile.

Stage 4:

Read data and calculate vacuum island widths as function of relative RMP coil phase

Stage 5:

Perform island dynamics simulation in fixed equilibrium

Stage 6:

Perform island dynamics simulation in dynamic equilibrium

Contents

Inputs:
Phase.nml:

Fortran_90 namelist control file

Waveform.nml:

Fortran_90 namelist file specifing RMP coil current waveform

fFile:

Equilibrium data from FLUX

fFiles:
Directory containing fFiles for interpolation
Index:

List of fFile names and experimental times

fFiles:

Actual fFiles

nFile:

Neoclassical/profile data from NEOCLASSICAL

nFiles:
Directory containing nFiles for interpolation
Index:

List of nFile names and experimental times

nFiles:

Actual nFiles

lFile:

Ideal response data to 1kA current flowing in lower RMP coil set from GPEC

lFiles:
Directory containing lFiles for interpolation
Index:

List of lFile names and experimental times

lFiles:

Actual lFiles

uFile:

Ideal response data to 1kA current flowing in (optional) upper RMP coil set from GPEC

uFiles:
Directory containing uFiles for interpolation
Index:

List of uFile names and experimental times

uFiles:

Actual uFiles

mFile:

Ideal response data to 1kA current flowing in (optional) middle RMP coil set from GPEC

mFiles:
Directory containing mFiles for interpolation
Index:

List of mFile names and experimental times

mFiles:

Actual mFiles

Outputs:
sFile:

File specifying final plasma state (used for restarting calculation)

Stage4.nc:

NETCDF file from Stage 4 calculation

Stage5.nc:

NETCDF file from Stage 5 calculation

ncFiles/*.nc:

NETCDF files from Stage 6 calculation

Plots:
*.py:

Python scripts to plot Stage 4 and 5 data

../EPEC/PLOTS/*.py:

Python scripts to plot Stage 6 data

lFile, uFile, mFile Format

Files are gpec_singfld_n?.out files from GPEC with singular field and ascii flags set