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  • Parallel mesh partitioning based on space filling curves 

    Borrell, Ricard; Cajas, Juan C.; Mira, Daniel; Taha, A.; Koric, S.; Vázquez, Mariano; Houzeaux, Guillaume (Elsevier, 2018-09)
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    Larger supercomputers allow the simulation of more complex phenomena with increased accuracy. Eventually this requires finer and thus also larger geometric discretizations. In this context, and extrapolating to the Exascale ...

  • Evaluating the roles of detailed endocardial structures on right ventricular haemodynamics by means of CFD simulations 

    Sacco, Federica; Paun, Bruno; Lehmkuhl, Oriol; Iles, Tinen L.; Iaizzo, Paul A.; Houzeaux, Guillaume; Vázquez, Mariano; Butakoff, Constantine; Aguado-Sierra, Jazmin (Wiley, 2018-09)
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    Computational modelling plays an important role in right ventricular (RV) haemodynamic analysis. However, current approaches use smoothed ventricular anatomies. The aim of this study is to characterise RV haemodynamics ...

  • Mesh generation, sizing and convergence for onshore and offshore wind farm Atmospheric Boundary Layer flow simulation with actuator discs 

    Gargallo-Peiró, Abel; Avila, Matias; Owen, Herbert; Prieto-Godino, Luis; Folch, Arnau (Elsevier, 2018-12)
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    A new mesh generation process for wind farm modeling is presented together with a mesh convergence and sizing analysis for wind farm flow simulations. The generated meshes are tailored to simulate Atmospheric Boundary Layer ...

  • Recent EUROfusion Achievements in Support of Computationally Demanding Multiscale Fusion Physics Simulations and Integrated Modeling 

    Voitsekhovitch, I.; Hatzky, R.; Coster, D.; Imbeaux, F.; McDonald, D.C.; Fehér, T.B.; Kang, K.S.; Leggate, H.; Martone, M.; Mochalskyy, S.; Sáez, Xavier; Ribeiro, T.; Tran, T.-M-; Gutierrez-Milla, A.; Aniel, T.; Figat, D.; Fleury, L.; Hoenen, O.; Hollocombe, J.; Kaljun, D.; Manduchi, G.; Owsiak, M.; Pais, V.; Palak, B.; Plociennik, M.; Signoret, J.; Vouland, C.; Yadykin, D.; Robin, F.; Iannone, F.; Bracco, G.; David, J.; Maslennikov, A.; Noé, J.; Rossi, E.; Kamendje, R.; Heuraux, S.; Hölzl, M.; Pinches, S.D.; da Silva, F.; Tskhakaya, D. (American Nuclear Society, 2018-02-21)
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    Integrated modeling (IM) of present experiments and future tokamak reactors requires the provision of computational resources and numerical tools capable of simulating multiscale spatial phenomena as well as fast transient ...

  • Observations and modelling of ion cyclotron emission observed in JET plasmas using a sub-harmonic arc detection system during ion cyclotron resonance heating 

    McClements, K.G.; Brisset, A.; Chapman, B.; Dendy, R.O.; Jacquet, P.; Kiptily, V.G.; Mantsinen, Mervi; Reman, B.C.G.; JET Contributors (IOP Publishing:, 2018-07-10)
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    Measurements are reported of electromagnetic emission close to the cyclotron frequency of energetic ions in JET plasmas heated by waves in the ion cylotron range of frequencies (ICRF). Hydrogen was the majority ion species ...

  • Linear scaling DFT calculations for large tungsten systems using an optimized local basis 

    Mohr, Stephan; Eixarch, Marc; Amsler, Maximilian; Mantsinen, Mervi J.; Genovese, Luigi (Elsevier, 2018-05)
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    Density functional theory (DFT) has become a standard tool for ab-initio simulations for a wide range of applications. While the intrinsic cubic scaling of DFT was for a long time limiting the accessible system size to ...

  • A wind field downscaling strategy based on domain segmentation and transfer functions 

    Barcons, Jordi; Avila, Matias; Folch, Arnau (Wiley, 2018-02-06)
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    This paper presents a novel methodology for mesoscale‐to‐microscale downscaling of near‐surface wind fields. The model chain consists on the Weather Research and Forecast mesoscale model and the Alya‐CFDWind microscale ...

  • Left Ventricular Trabeculations Decrease the Wall Shear Stress and Increase the Intra-Ventricular Pressure Drop in CFD Simulations 

    Sacco, Federica; Paun, Bruno; Lehmkuhl, Oriol; Iles, Tinen L.; Iaizzo, Paul A.; Houzeaux, Guillaume; Vázquez, Mariano; Butakoff, Constantine; Aguado-Sierra, Jazmin (Frontiers Media, 2018-04-30)
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    The aim of the present study is to characterize the hemodynamics of left ventricular (LV) geometries to examine the impact of trabeculae and papillary muscles (PMs) on blood flow using high performance computing (HPC). ...

  • Overview of ASDEX Upgrade results 

    ASDEX Upgrade Team; EUROfusion MST1 Team; Mantsinen, Mervi (International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 2017-06-28)
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    The ASDEX Upgrade (AUG) programme is directed towards physics input to critical elements of the ITER design and the preparation of ITER operation, as well as addressing physics issues for a future DEMO design. Since 2015, ...

  • The combustion mitigation of methane as a non-CO2 greenhouse gas 

    Jian, X.; Mira, Daniel; Cluff, D.L. (Elsevier, 2018-05)
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    Anthropogenic emissions of non-CO2 greenhouse gases such as fugitive methane contribute significantly to global warming. A review of fugitive methane combustion mitigation and utilisation technologies, which are primarily ...

  • Regional aerosol deposition in the human airways: The SimInhale benchmark case and a critical assessment of in silico methods 

    Koullapis, P.; Kassinos, S.C.; Muela Castro, Jordi; Perez-Segarra, C.; Rigola, J.; Lehmkuhl, Oriol; Cui, Y.; Sommerfeld, M.; Jicha, M.; Saveljic, I.; Filipovic, N.; Lizal, F.; Nicolaou, L. (Elsevier, 2018-02-15)
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    Regional deposition effects are important in the pulmonary delivery of drugs intended for the topical treatment of respiratory ailments. They also play a critical role in the systemic delivery of drugs with limited lung ...

  • LES-based Study of the Roughness Effects on the Wake of a Circular Cylinder from Subcritical to Transcritical Reynolds Numbers 

    Rodriguez, Ivette; Lehmkuhl, Oriol; Piomelli, Ugo; Chiva, Jorge; Borrell, Ricard; Oliva, Assensi (Springer Verlag, 2017-12)
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    This paper investigates the effects of surface roughness on the flow past a circular cylinder at subcritical to transcritical Reynolds numbers. Large eddy simulations of the flow for sand grain roughness of size k/D = 0.02 ...

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