The Design and Implementation of the SWIM Integrated Plasma Simulator

Abstract—As computing capabilities have increased, the coupling of computational models has become an increasingly viable and therefore important way of improving the physical fidelity of simulations. Applications currently using some form of multicode or multi-component coupling include climate modeling, rocket simulations, and chemistry. In recent years, the plasma physics community has also begun to pursue integrated multiphysics simulations for space weather and fusion energy applications. Such model coupling generally exposes new issues in the physical, mathematical, and computational aspects of the problem. This paper focuses on the computational aspects of one such effort, detailing the design, and implementation of the Integrated Plasma Simulator (IPS) for the Center for Simulation of Wave Interactions with Magnetohydrodynamics (SWIM). The IPS framework focuses on maximizing flexibility for the creators of loosely-coupled component-based simulations, and provides services f...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: PDP
• Authors: Wael R. Elwasif, David E. Bernholdt, Aniruddha G. Shet, Samantha S. Foley, Randall Bramley, Donald B. Batchelor, Lee A. Berry
• Keywords: Computational Aspects, Coupling, Integrated Multiphysics Simulations, Parallel Computing, PDP 2010