We then review various methods for solving the advection-diffusion equation, which is a good model for the fluid equations.
These materials will include recordings of the lectures, copy of the lesson slides, as well as the example codes. All registered students will receive access to a student area where the course materials will be posted. Participation in the live lectures is not required but is highly recommended. The lectures will take place Tuesdays (tentative) from 9:15 to 11:45am US Pacific Time (GMT-8 hours). The course consists of sessions conducted through Citrix® GoToMeeting. This should also give me more to get course materials ready. In this course we will try something new, and will hold the lessons bi-weekly to give you more time to complete assignments.
Course ObjectivesĪt the conclusion of this six lecture online course, you should understand how to derive the MHD equations and be able to develop your own MHD solver. We will also cover some advanced topics such as fluid particle approach and Vlasov solvers. In the course we will focus on a single and multi-species MHD description, but will also learn about hybrid approaches for coupling fluid electrons with kinetic ions. In those instances, the kinetic approach would be prohibitively computationally expensive, and in the end would recover the same results as a fluid solver. As you learned in PIC Fundamentals, the fluid approach is appropriate when we can assume the velocity distribution function to be Maxwellian.
Just as with aerodynamics, we can treat plasmas as a collection of kinetic particles (PIC) or as a fluid (MHD). The goal is to teach you how to develop simulation codes based on the fluid model. In 2018, we offered a new course on fluid modeling of plasmas.
Registration Fee: $650 (Regular), $325 (Student)Įarly Bird Rate: $550 (Regular), $275 (Student) Lecture Time: 9:30am to 11:30am PT (Pacific Time)