PIFE-PIC: A 3-D Parallel Immersed Finite Element Particle-in-Cell Framework for Plasma Simulations
Abstract
This paper presents a recently developed particle simulation framework, PIFE-PIC, a 3-D Parallel Immersed Finite Element (IFE) Particle-in-Cell (PIC) model for particle simulations of plasmas. This framework applies the recently developed non-homogeneous electrostatic IFE-PIC algorithm, which is designed to handle complex plasma-material interface boundary conditions associated with irregular geometries using a Cartesian-meshbased PIC. 3-D domain decomposition is used in both electric field-solve and particle-push to distribute the computation among multiple processors. A validation case simulating the sheath of a dielectric sphere immersed in a stationary plasma is carried out to demonstrate the capability of the code.
Recommended Citation
D. F. Han et al., "PIFE-PIC: A 3-D Parallel Immersed Finite Element Particle-in-Cell Framework for Plasma Simulations," Proceedings of the 2018 AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA SciTech Forum, (2018, Kissimmee, FL), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Jan 2018.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2018-2196
Meeting Name
2018 AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA SciTech Forum, (2018: Jan. 8-12, Kissimmee, FL)
Department(s)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Center/Lab(s)
Center for High Performance Computing Research
Second Research Center/Lab
Intelligent Systems Center
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
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Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2018 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
12 Jan 2018
