Plasma and Fusion Research

Volume 6, 2101055 (2011)

Review Articles


Simulation Science at the National Institute for Fusion Science
Ritoku HORIUCHI and NSRP members
National Institute for Fusion Science, Oroshi 322-6, Toki 509-5292, Japan
(Received 22 December 2010 / Accepted 14 February 2011 / Published 12 July 2011)

Abstract

Based on the past two-decades activities at the Theory and Computer Simulation Center (TCSC) and the Department of Simulation Science (DSS) in the National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS), the Numerical Simulation Research Project (NSRP) has been launched to continue the activities in TCSC and DSS, and evolve them in a more systematic way for the re-organization of NIFS in 2010. In this study, the progress of simulation science at NIFS in the past two decades is reviewed and an overview of the NSRP for the foreseeable future is reported.


Keywords

simulation science, multi-scale/multi-hierarchy simulation, numerical simulation research project, science of complexity, numerical test reactor, fusion plasma simulation

DOI: 10.1585/pfr.6.2101055


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This paper may be cited as follows:

Ritoku HORIUCHI and NSRP members, Plasma Fusion Res. 6, 2101055 (2011).