Plasma Physics Simulation Solver
Explore the world of plasma simulations with Fortran's high-performance computing capabilities. This simulation explores Tokamak reactor conditions and plasma confinement using MHD equations.
Tokamak Modeling
Simulate plasma instabilities and confinement in magnetic confinement fusion reactors.
MultiPhysics Coupling
Combine Magneto-Hydrodynamics with heat transfer and electromagnetic field calculations.
Real-time Rendering
Visualize current flow, magnetic fields, and temperature gradients with GPU acceleration.
Technical Challenges in Plasma Simulation
MHD Equations
This simulation uses the following system of equations to model plasma behavior:
This set of equations describes the motion of conductive fluids under magnetic field influence. The simulation resolves all six equations with time-stepping schemes optimized for GPU clusters.
Computational Efficiency
- 📦 32GB RAM usage across 1024 cores
- 📦 0.75 ns time-step resolution
- 📦 128-level magnetic mesh resolution
Performance Benchmarks
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✅40% speed-up over Python with numpy
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✅95% parallel efficiency on 2048 processors
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✅VTK visualization pipeline with 12fps rendering
Fortran Parallel Plasma Solver
module plasma_sim
implicit none
integer, parameter :: Nx = 1024, Ny = 512, Nz = 256
real(8) :: Bx(Nx,Ny,Nz), By(Nx,Ny,Nz), Bz(Nx,Ny,Nz)
contains
!\$omp parallel do
subroutine solve_mhd(timestep, current_density)
real(8), intent(in) :: timestep
real(8), intent(in) :: current_density
!\$omp do
do iz = 1, Nz
do iy = 1, Ny
do ix = 1, Nx
! Calculate magnetic field evolution
Bz(ix,iy,iz) = Bz(ix,iy,iz) + &
& timestep * curl(Bx,By,Bz,ix,iy,iz)
end do
end do
end do
end subroutine solve_mhd
end module plasma_sim
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