6–9 Oct 2026
Culham Campus
Europe/London timezone

Plasma Edge Numerics using Kinetic Neutrals Integrated into Finite Elements

8 Oct 2026, 11:40
20m
HOW room (Culham Campus)

HOW room

Culham Campus

Abingdon, OX14 3DB, UK
Regular talk Turbulence codes

Speaker

James Edgeley

Description

UKAEA's edge code PENKNIFE is under development, incorporating the finite element framework Nektar++ and the reactions library VANTAGE. The code is designed to be used with modern hardware, exploiting the higher arithmetic intensity of finite element methods and the GPU parallelism of NESO-Particles for improved performance. A range of features have been implemented, encompassing a hierarchy of complexity from simple mean-field transport to 3D turbulence. Results from the latest simulations are presented, including comparisons with SOLPS.

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