The institute for nuclear and energy technology (Institut für Kern- und Energietechnik, IKET) of the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe organizes the 1st International Workshop on Numerical Simulations of Magnetohydrodynamic Flows (see Scope and Topics), during November 14-15, 2007.

The Fusion Programme of the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe	The European COST Action P17 EPM (Fundamentals)

Scope

The scope of the workshop is to bring together researchers working on the development of numerical tools for the simulation of MHD flows in order to discuss challenges, recent progress and future directions in this field.

The workshop has two main purposes:

• It is designed to give a complete overview of the current status of computational methods for modelling and simulation of MHD flows with the aim of showing the capabilities and limitations of existing numerical codes.



• The workshop should help to elaborate and summarize modelling, implementation and computational issues in order to outline requirements for future MHD code development and to suggest possible actions for improving the present computational capabilities, as well as suitable benchmark problems.

The possibility of using open source codes as starting point for the development of a high performance numerical tool should also be discussed.

Participants are invited to present results of their own research. They are encouraged to address difficulties that occurred during their work or to discuss even unresolved problems. The workshop will consist of oral presentations having as a primary subject the numerical modelling of MHD flows and related topics.

Experimental research contributions that could provide new data for code validation (benchmark problems) are also highly encouraged. In this way this working meeting will bring together people utilizing experimental data for validation of their numerical methods and those who perform the experiments. This could allow an exchange of information about what is required from experiments for code validation and what are the possibilities and limitations imposed for instance by measurement techniques.

This workshop could provide the opportunity to develop new avenues of research and to initiate future collaborations for the development of numerical MHD tools especially for applications in arbitrary geometries under very strong magnetic fields.




List of topics




The workshop is open to all aspects of numerical modelling of MHD flows. Related themes suitable for presentations may include



• Available numerical MHD codes
• Implementation strategies for MHD equations
• Numerical algorithms and advanced numerical methods
• Reliability, stability, efficiency of numerical methods
• Code interfaces: geometry and mesh generators, post-processors
• Open source codes
• Experimental data for code validation – available facilities
• Benchmark problems



Registration & Questionnaire




The participants are requested to complete an online registration form and they are invited to supply information about the MHD code they developed or applied. Please notice that the questionnaire can be submitted at any time after registration.




REGISTRATION:

The conference fee amounts to 80 euro and it includes lunches, coffee breaks and workshop dinner. An invoice containing payment instructions will be sent by email after registration.

In order to help with the workshop planning, please complete the online registration form by Friday, October 12, 2007.

COST offers reimbursement of travel expenses for 10 participants. Financial support should be requested during online registration before Thursday, September 13, 2007. The registration date will be used to select the limited number of eligible persons.

QUESTIONNAIRE:

The attendees are invited to complete an online questionnaire, regarding the features of developed or employed MHD codes, and to propose problems of interest, which can serve as starting point for discussions.




General information




A duration of 30 minutes is scheduled for each presentation including about 10 minutes for discussion.
There will be no possibility to use the own laptop. All presentations will be uploaded at the beginning of the workshop.




Programme  (doc)




For the pdf file of the workshop minutes please click here.




Wednesday 14 November
8:30-9:00	Registration
9:00-12:30	Morning session
9:00-9:30	Welcome and opening
9:30-10:00	Dr. Leo Bühler Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany	Liquid metal flows in strong magnetic fields. Asymptotic versus numerical methods (abstract) (presentation)
10:00-10:30	Dr. Milan Zmitko EFDA CSU Garching, Germany	Overview of the EU activities for helium-cooled lithium-lead blanket (abstract) (presentation)
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-11:30	Prof. Nicholas Vlachos University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece	Modelling liquid metal MHD natural convection flow and heat transfer (abstract) (presentation)
11:30-12:00	Mr. Valerio Tomarchio Max-Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik, Germany	Numerical solutions of MHD mixed convective internal flows in steady-periodic regimes (abstract) (presentation)
12:00-12:30	Dr. Denis Obukhov D.V. Efremov Scientific Research Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus, St. Petersburg, Russia	D.V. Efremov Institute facilities for magnetohydrodynamic / heat transfer modeling experiments (abstract) (presentation)
12:30-14:00	Lunch break
14:00-17:00	Afternoon session
14:00-14:30	Mr. Maxime Kinet Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium	Spectral dynamics of passive scalar transport in homogeneous MHD turbulence (abstract) (presentation)
14:30-15:00	Dr. Dmitry Krasnov Ilmenau Technical University, Germany	Simulation of turbulent MHD channel flow with spanwise magnetic field (abstract) (presentation)
15:00-15:30	Coffee break
15:30-16:00	Dr. Vitali Dymkou University of Coventry, United Kingdom	2D and 3D transition of forced MHD turbulence (abstract) (presentation)
16:00-16:30	Ms. Axelle Viré Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium	Large-Eddy Simulations of a turbulent magnetohydrodynamic channel flow (abstract) (presentation)
16:30-17:00	Discussion
19:30	Conference dinner (House for Guest Lecturers, "Gastdozentenhaus", Karlsruhe (directions))





Thursday 15 November
9:00-12:30	Morning session
9:00-9:30	Prof. Necdet Aslan Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey	Visual and parallel incompressible MHD solver by matrix distribution and dual time stepping (abstract) (presentation)
9:30-10:00	Mr. Kenan Senturk Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey	Magneto-hydrodynamics solver for heated and magnetized liquids (abstract) (presentation)
10:00-10:30	Dr. Alban Pothérat University of Coventry, United Kingdom	Quasi-2D perturbations in duct flows under transverse magnetic field  (abstract) (presentation)
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-11:30	Dr. Vincent Dousset University of Coventry, United Kingdom	Numerical simulations of a cylinder wake under a strong axial magnetic field (abstract) (presentation)
11:30-12:00	Dr. Valdis Bojarevics University of Greenwich, United Kingdom	Dynamic free surface modelling in MHD (abstract) (presentation)
12:00-12:30	Visit to the liquid metal laboratory MEKKA
12:30-14:00	Lunch break
14:00-17:00	Afternoon session
14:00-14:30	Mr. Andrea Petronio Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy	Electromagnetic flow measurement of a conductive fluid in a channel with finite width and conductivity (abstract) (presentation)
14:30-15:00	Ms. Elisabet Mas de les Valls Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain	Resistive MHD simulations with OpenFOAM. Algorithm strategies (abstract) (presentation)
15:00-15:30	Coffee break
15:30-16:00	Dr. Chiara Mistrangelo Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany	Numerical analysis of high Hartmann number liquid metal flows in complex electrically coupled geometries (abstract) (presentation)
16:00-17:00	Discussion and conclusions
17:00	Closing of the Workshop





List of abstracts (pdf)






AUTHOR: Necdet Aslan

TITLE: Visual and parallel incompressible MHD solver by matrix distribution and dual time stepping.




ABSTRACT:




The numerical solutions of MHD equations on unstructured triangular mesh by matrix distribution and dual time stepping is presented. The quasi-linear form of incompressible MHD equations were discretized and flux jacobian matrices were used in order to distribute the total fluctuation to the vertices of triangles.This is done in such a way that the incompressibility conditions on velocity and magnetic field are handled by pseudo iterations between each Runga-Kutta time levels. This code being visual and parallel is very user friendly since the user can create any mesh by specifying boundaries and utilize any boundary conditions prior to calculations. The physical quantities such as velocity and magnetic field vectors as well as pressure and current density can all be seen online from the screen by a multi-threaded algorithm. The code runs in a single or multi processor environment such as several tens of PC connected via ethernet and operating with Linux. The code can be used to simulate laboratory plasmas such as liquid metal flows under the effect of external fields and astrophysical flows such as magneto-rotational instability.
The numerical results show that the code is very robust and efficient to solve two-dimensional MHD problems in a wide spectrum.
The code is currently being modified for three-dimensional problems.






AUTHOR: Valdis Bojarevics

TITLE: Dynamic free surface modelling in MHD.




ABSTRACT:




Time dependent free surfaces in MHD flows are associated with waves, oscillations, confinement stability and interaction with the bulk flow. The magnetic field, AC or DC, is often affected by the instantaneous position of the free surface. We present a general formulation for the free surface MHD problem suitable for numerical implementation. Number of examples of the time dependent free surface flows with MHD interaction will be presented and analyzed. Physical and numerical problems of the solution process will be discussed.






AUTHOR: Leo Bühler

TITLE: Liquid metal flows in strong magnetic fields. Asymptotic versus numerical methods .




ABSTRACT:




Asymptotic methods are efficient tools for predicting magnetohydrodynamic flows in very strong magnetic fields. They have been applied since several decades for investigations of engineering applications like liquid metal flows in fusion blankets or in crystal growth technology. Their use, however, requires detailed mathematical modeling that has to be adapted to each individual problem and there exists no standard pre or post processing. Even the mathematical methods may vary between different applications. Some problems solved with asymptotic techniques are shown to demonstrate the capabilities of these methods but also to highlight their restrictions and limitations for general use in complex electrically connected domains.

Modern numerical tools are more flexible considering their capability to simulate flows in very complex geometries. They can cover the range between low and moderate magnetic fields. Validated numerical solutions for general three-dimensional applications in very strong magnetic fields do not exist yet and remain a challenging task for future research.






AUTHOR: Vincent Dousset

TITLE: Numerical simulations of a cylinder wake under a strong axial magnetic field.




ABSTRACT:




We study the flow of an electrically conducting fluid past a circular cylinder in a duct of square cross section. The work focuses on the quasi-two-dimensional flow for large Stuart and Hartmann numbers (N>>1 and Ha>>1). Using the quasi-2D flow model of Sommeria and Moreau (1982), 2D simulations were performed with commercial finite-volume based code FLUENT/UNS version 6.1 and some results compared with those obtained from 2D computations achieved with finite-volume based open source code OpenFOAM version 1.4 (http://openfoam.cfd-online.com).






AUTHOR: Vitali Dymkou

TITLE: 2D and 3D transition of forced MHD turbulence.




ABSTRACT:




We consider the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations under an externally imposed magnetic field. The Navier-Stokes equations are taken on the 3D periodic box. The aim is to show the mechanisms which govern the transition between two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) turbulence. We present numerical simulation results using standard pseudo-spectral methods.






AUTHOR: Maxime Kinet, Paolo Burattini, Bernard Knaepen

TITLE: Spectral dynamics of passive scalar transport in homogeneous MHD turbulence.




ABSTRACT:




Homogeneous MHD turbulence is studied with direct numerical simulations (DNS), using a pseudo-spectral code, in a three dimensional periodic box. The magnetic Reynolds number is smaller than one, so that the quasi-static approximation can be used. We analyze the spectral dynamics of both the velocity and a passive scalar embedded in the flow. Anisotropy, which is known to take place in such flows, is highlighted by studying the dependency of the spectra on the orientation of the wave vector with respect to the magnetic field. It is observed that the anisotropy is quickly reflected in the passive scalar evolution. Moreover, nonlinear transfers are computed and it is shown that angular energy transfer, in addition to the classical radial transfer, takes place in such flows.






AUTHOR: Dmitry Krasnov

TITLE: Simulation of turbulent MHD channel flow with spanwise magnetic field.




ABSTRACT:




We study the effect of a homogeneous magnetic field on turbulent plane Poiseuille flow of an electrically conducting fluid. The field is oriented in the spanwise direction and does not modify the critical Reynolds number for linear instability of Poiseuille flow. Simulations are performed for super-critical Reynolds numbers with a pseudospectral Fourier-Chebyshev method either as direct simulations or as LES. As the Lorentz force tends to suppress motion in the spanwise direction, the flow eventually becomes two-dimensional when the applied magnetic field is sufficiently strong.

For weaker magnetic fields three-dimensional turbulence can be sustained, but the anisotropy due to the Lorentz force leads to qualitative changes in the velocity and Reynolds stress profiles. As in the case of homogeneous MHD turbulence, the essential features of this anisotropic turbulence are well predicted by the LES with either classical or dynamic Smagorinsky model.






AUTHOR: Elisabet Mas de les Valls

TITLE: Resistive MHD simulations with OpenFOAM. Algorithm strategies.




ABSTRACT:




Nuclear Fusion Technology has a near-term perspective of qualifying and licensing nuclear components and systems. Breeding units are key elements on these systems. In the HCLL (Helium-Cooled Lithium-Lead) breeding unit design, the unit is cooled by a helium circuit and uses molten eutectic Pb-Li alloy as tritium breeder and neutron multiplier. The whole system is under a high temperature field and, due to magnetic confinement of plasma, under a very high magnetic field. For an accurate and efficient MHD modelling, Computational Fluid Dynamic codes seem to be the most appropriate alternative.




Of crucial interest for a good interpretation of CFD results are (1) a correct understanding of the involved phenomena and (2) a deep knowledge of the CFD code, including: the assumptions involved in the modelling, the couplings solved by the algorithm strategy, the errors introduced by the discretization schemes, etc., even details of the implementation. In this direction is where the open source codes take advantage over the rest of the codes. The CFD code OpenFOAM, produced by OpenCFD LtD, is freely available and open source.




In this work, the incompressible MHD algorithm included in OpenFOAM has been improved by means of the projection scheme proposed by Brackbill and Barnes. The obtained code has been validated against various benchmark cases. Several modelling strategies have been studied, including compressible and incompressible fluids. The behavior of the PISO algorithm, included in the distributed version of the code, has been compared with a Fractional Step algorithm in terms of stability, accuracy and CPU cost. Finally, the coupling between MHD and thermal phenomena has been implemented and analyzed.






AUTHOR: Chiara Mistrangelo

TITLE: Numerical analysis of high Hartmann number liquid metal flows in complex electrically coupled geometries.




ABSTRACT:




Three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flows in complex geometries with electrically conducting walls have been investigated numerically using a computational tool based on an extended version of the commercial code CFX.

Simulations have been performed for liquid metal flows in sudden expansions of rectangular ducts for a wide range of values of applied magnetic field and flow rate. The numerical results have been compared with theoretical and experimental data to validate the numerical approach.

The code has been further applied to more complex geometries related to proposed designs of liquid metal blankets for fusion reactors. In these concepts the blanket volume is divided into a number of parallel sub channels containing the flowing liquid metal. Since all the walls are electrically conducting, the flow in neighboring fluid domains is strongly coupled by an exchange of currents across the common walls. Hence the velocity profile in adjacent ducts changes considerably compared to that in a single one.






AUTHOR: Xianzhao Na

TITLE: Numerical Simulation of High Frequency Electromagnetic Field in Soft Contact Continuous Casting Mold.




ABSTRACT:




The electromagnetic parameters in soft contact continuous casting billet mold were analyzed in this paper by numerical simulation; the optimized frequency range was fixed on 20000Hz <ƒ< 40000Hz. The distribution of magnetic flux density and electromagnetic body force in split mold was obtained; the research results achieved respectively by mathematical analytic method and numerical simulation agree with each other. With increase of frequency of electromagnetic field, the electromagnetic body forces acted on the surface of strand increase, and attenuate rapidly towards the center of strand. When the meniscus was located at the middle of coil height, the electromagnetic body force acted on it is biggest, and then decreased along the casting direction to almost zero at the location of charge bottom. On the transverse direction perpendicular to the casting direction, the asymmetrical distribution of magnetic field at the surface of strand permeated through the slit of mold was enhanced slightly with the increase of frequency. The magnetic flux density at the slit area is about 10% higher than that at other area at 40000Hz, and the distribution of magnetic body force is almost even on this direction.






AUTHOR: Denis Obukhov

TITLE: D.V. Efremov Institute facilities for magnetohydrodynamic/heat transfer modeling experiments.




ABSTRACT:




Research facility for investigation of magnetohydrodynamics and heat transfer (MHD/HT) in ducts in a strong magnetic field is under development and construction in the D.V. Efremov Institute. At present time normal conducting dipole magnet with 1.5 T maximum induction has been manufactured and liquid metal loop is under construction. This test loop will contain separate sections of the Russian Li/V self-cooled Test Blanket Module (for ITER) with insulating barriers and protecting layers made of duct material. Facility will allow measuring liquid metal flow rate, local velocities, static pressures, electric potential and liquid metal / duct wall temperatures. Superconducting magnet with 3.85 T maximum induction is under design.






AUTHOR: Gilberto Pin, Andrea Petronio

TITLE: Electromagnetic flow measurement of a conductive fluid in a channel with finite width and conductivity.




ABSTRACT:




This work presents an analytical approach to describe the electromagnetic physics of the flow of a conductive fluid in a squared duct, subjected to a non-homogeneous transversal magnetic field. A closed-form expression for the distribution of the induced electric potential in a plane domain can be obtained in the both cases of the electrically isolated walls and conductive walls, with finite conductivity and finite width, by means of domain decomposition and Fourier spectral solution of the associated Poisson equation. In this framework, the velocity field of the fluid and the magnetic induction are assumed to be known.
The given extension to the classical magnetic velocimetry theory attracts great industrial interest, since many metallurgical applications involve metal-made channel, with finite width and electrical conductivity outside the range of the "thin wall" assumptions. In particular, rapid prototyping of Lorentz Force Velocimeters for conductive fluids can be carried out by suitably parametrizing the geometry of the problem. Furthermore, the analytical results are directly compared with simulations performed by commercial FEM software, in sample 2D geometries. Finally, a sliced-3D extension is shown to hold for a channel with arbitrary section under the assumption of non-conductive walls.






AUTHOR: Alban Potherat

TITLE: Quasi-2D perturbations in duct flows under transverse magnetic field.




ABSTRACT:




Inspired by the experiment from Moresco and Alboussiere (2004), we study the stability of a flow of liquid metal in a rectangular, electrically insulating duct with a steady homogeneous magnetic field perpendicular to two of the walls. In this configuration, the Lorentz force tends to eliminate the velocity variations in the direction of the magnetic field. This leads to a quasi-two dimensional base flow with Hartmann boundary layers near the walls perpendicular to the magnetic field, and so-called Shercliff layers in the vicinity of the walls parallel to the field.




Also, the Lorentz force tends to strongly oppose the growth of perturbations with a dependence along the magnetic field direction. On these grounds, we represent the flow using the model from Sommeria and Moreau (1982), which essentially consists of two-dimensional motion equations with a linear friction term accounting for the effect of the Hartmann layer.




The simplicity of this quasi-2D model makes it possible to study the stability and transient growth of quasi-two dimensional perturbations over an extensive range of non-dimensional parameters and reach the limit of high magnetic fields. In this asymptotic case, the Reynolds number based on the Shercliff layer thickness Re/H^1/2 becomes the only relevant parameter. Tollmien-Schlichting waves are the most linearly unstable mode as for the Poiseuille flow, but for H > 42, a second unstable mode, symmetric about the duct axis, appears with a lower growth rate. We find that these layers are linearly unstable for Re/H^1/2 > 48350 and energetically stable for Re/H^1/2 < 65.32.




Between these two bounds, some non-modal quasi-two dimensional perturbations undergo some significant transient growth (between 2 and 7 times more than in the case of a purely 2D Poiseuille flow, and for much more subcritical values of Re). In the limit of a high magnetic field, the maximum gain G_max associated to this transient growth is found to vary as G_max ~ (Re/Re_c)^2/3 and occur at time t_Gmax ~ (Re/Re_c)^1/3 for streamwise wavenumbers of the same order of magnitude as the critical wavenumber for the linear stability.






AUTHOR: Ioannis Sarris

TITLE: A spectral/finite element code for turbulent MHD and heat transfer applications.




ABSTRACT:




The code SFELES of Université Libre de Bruxelles, originally written to perform direct and large-eddy simulations of hydrodynamic systems, is modified in order to solve the quasi-static MHD and heat transfer equations for liquid metals. For this purpose, the unsteady 3D Navier-Stokes equations, the electric potential equation and the energy equation are solved in planar or axisymmetric geometries. The fully parallelized numerical solution method is based on a hybrid Spectral/Finite-Element method using linear triangular finite elements. The numerical details, the capabilities of the method and comparisons against published results are presented.






AUTHOR: Kenan Senturk

TITLE: Magneto-hydrodynamics solver for heated and magnetized liquids.




ABSTRACT:




A visual two-dimensional (2D) incompressible Magneto-Hydrodynamic code is developed for solving the steady state or transient magnetized or neutral convection problems with the effects of mass and heat transfer. The code can be used to simulate the nonlinear time dependent evolution of heated and magnetized liquids, natural convection with internal heat generation and absorption, and magnetized flows within external fields. It utilizes a numerical matrix distribution scheme that runs on structured or unstructured triangular meshes and employs a dual time stepping technique with multi-stage Runga-Kutta algorithm.






AUTHOR: Valerio Tomarchio

TITLE: Numerical solutions of MHD mixed convective internal flows in steady-periodic regimes.




ABSTRACT:




In the last years, a growing interest has been addressed to the study of magnethydrodynamic effects on mixed and natural convective flows. Such interest in the topic is due to the large number of possible technological applications, like in metallurgy, where the quality of the materials, produced in a regime of controlled crystal growth, can be influenced by the effects of an external imposed magnetic field.




With the present work, mixed convective flows are studied in simple geometries, assuming an external uniform magnetic field. The flow regime is steady-periodic, driven by a time-oscillating wall temperature. Analytical solutions of the local balance equations of momentum and energy are obtained via decomposition of the temperature and velocity fields in oscillating and stationary components. Viscous dissipation and Joule heating are neglected in the analytical formulation of the flow.




Together with analytical solutions, numerical results are also derived, using a finite differences scheme. This provides at the same time an independent confirmation of the analytical solution and an extension of the results so obtained. Using the numerical approach is possible, in fact, to consider additional non-linear effects, and to explore the transient phases during the onset of the steady-periodic regime.




The present work is an extension of the previous studies on mixed convective flows in steady-periodic regime without MHD effects.






AUTHOR: A. Viré, D. Krasnov, B. Knaepen, T. Boeck

TITLE: Large-Eddy Simulations of a turbulent magnetohydrodynamic channel flow.




ABSTRACT:




A magnetohydrodynamic channel flow is investigated by performing Large-Eddy Simulations (LES). The attention is restricted to the case of a plane channel with a wall-normal magnetic field and electrically insulating boundaries. Moreover, it is assumed that the applied magnetic field is not affected by the flow (quasi-static approximation) and the Lorentz force term is treated explicitly in the Navier--Stokes equations. Computations are performed using a finite-volume code and a spectral one based on Chebyshev polynomials in the wall-normal direction. Both codes are used in the framework of Large-Eddy Simulations and subgrid-scale motions are modelled using a local dynamic Smagorinsky model. The results of the two numerical methods are compared in terms of accuracy and performance.






AUTHOR: Nicholas Vlachos

TITLE: Modelling liquid metal MHD natural convection flow and heat transfer.




ABSTRACT:




Numerical modelling of natural convection flow and heat transfer in cavities using computational fluid dynamics based on finite volumes will be presented.

This is an on going modelling effort of the University of Thessaly fusion related research group.

These flows are important in fusion reactor blankets.

Understanding the underlying flow and heat transfer phenomena may help in the efficient design and operation of such devices.
The numerical methodologies will be described and related results of flow fields and heat transfer characteristics will be presented and discussed.






AUTHOR: Milan Zmitko

TITLE: Overview of the EU activities for helium-cooled lithium-lead blanket.




ABSTRACT:




Presentation will summarize the activities performed in the EU towards development of HCLL breeder blanket. The following aspects will be discussed:



• HCLL main design features.
• Liquid metal related issues, e.g. compatibility with structure material, MHD issues, tritium interaction with Pb-Li, coatings development.
• Technology development and testing.







Important dates




Deadline request for financial support	13 September 2007
Deadline online registration	12 October 2007
Notification acceptance of abstract	15 October 2007
Preliminary programme	19 October 2007




List of participants (pdf)




	Name		Affiliation		Country
1	Prof. Necdet Aslan		Yeditepe University, Istanbul		Turkey
2	Dr. Thomas Boeck		Technische Universität Ilmenau		Germany
3	Dr. Valdis Bojarevics		University of Greenwich		United Kingdom
4	Dr. Leo Bühler		Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe		Germany
5	Dr. Paolo Burattini		Université Libre de Bruxelles		Belgium
6	Mr. Vincent Dousset		University of Coventry		United Kingdom
7	Dr. Vitali Dymkou		University of Coventry		United Kingdom
8	Dr. Franck Gabriel		CEA-Saclay		France
9	Dr. Dimokratis Grigoriadis		University of Cyprus		Cyprus
10	Dr. Thomas Haill		Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque		NM, USA
11	Dr. Christian Karcher		Technische Universität Ilmenau		Germany
12	Prof. Stavros Kassinos		University of Cyprus		Cyprus
13	Mr. Maxime Kinet		Université Libre de Bruxelles		Belgium
14	Prof. Bernard Knaepen		Université Libre de Bruxelles		Belgium
15	Dr. Dmitry Krasnov		Technische Universität Ilmenau		Germany
16	Ms. Elisabet Mas de les Valls		Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona		Spain
17	Dr. Boris Mikhailovich		Center for MHD Studies, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva		Israel
18	Dr. Chiara Mistrangelo		Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe		Germany
19	Prof. Ulrich Müller		Universität Karlsruhe		Germany
20	Mr. Javier Munoz		Termotecnia - ETSII, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid		Spain
21	Dr. Denis Obukhov		D.V. Efremov Scientific Research Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus		Russia
22	Mr. Andrea Petronio		Università degli Studi di Trieste		Italy
23	Dr. Alban Potherat		University of Coventry		United Kingdom
24	Dr. Hari Radhakrishnan		University of Cyprus		Cyprus
25	Dr. Ioannis Sarris		University of Thessaly, Volos		Greece
26	Mr. Kenan Senturk		Yeditepe University, Istanbul		Turkey
27	Mr. Valerio Tomarchio		Universitá di Bologna / Max-Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik		Germany
28	Mr. Stijn Vantieghem		Université Libre de Bruxelles		Belgium
29	Ms. Axelle Viré		Université Libre de Bruxelles		Belgium
30	Prof. Nicholas Vlachos		University of Thessaly, Volos		Greece
31	Prof. Oleg Zikanov		University of Michigan, Dearborn		USA
32	Dr. Milan Zmitko		EFDA CSU Garching		Germany




Location




The Workshop will be held at the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe located in Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, about 12 km north of Karlsruhe.

Karlsruhe is the third largest city in the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg, in the south west of Germany. The city is located near the French-German border, at the northern edge of the Black Forest and next to the Rhine River (for further information see Tourism Karlsruhe).




Travel directions




How to reach Karlsruhe:

By plane:      The nearest airports are Frankfurt and Stuttgart.

Frankfurt Airport is located close to the A 5 motorway, Karlsruhe - Frankfurt (about 1 hour and 20 minutes by car to Karlsruhe, 1 hour by train).

Stuttgart Airport is situated near the A 8 motorway, Karlsruhe - Munich (about 1 hour by car or train to Karlsruhe).

By train:

The German train system (Deutsche Bahn AG) offers high-speed rail connections (ICE) between Frankfurt Airport (Frankfurt Flughafen) and Karlsruhe. Trains from Frankfurt Airport leave every hour throughout most of the day with journey times of approximately 1 hour.

Direct trains (IC) connect also Stuttgart and Karlsruhe (about 50 minutes).

For online information about arrival and departure times of the rail connections, please, check the website of the Deutsche Bahn.

By car:

Detailed directions can be obtained by using Google maps and from the web page of Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe.

How to reach the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe:

Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe is located in Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen:


Address:	Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
	Hermann von Helmholtz Platz, 1
	76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
	Germany

By public transport system:


Take the tramline S1\S11 direction Hochstetten, get off in Leopoldshafen-Leopoldstrasse and take the bus 195 (direction Blankenloch) to reach FZK. Please, find here a map of Karlsruhe tram system.

Please click here for getting further information.


How to reach the workshop venue at FZK:

Venue:	IKET (Institut für Kern- und Energietechnik)
	Building:	420
	Room:	204, IKET library

The map of FZK with the meeting place can be found here.




Accommodation




A number of rooms has been reserved for the Workshop in the hotels listed in the following. During reservation please specify the reference code "MHD workshop":


Hotel Kuebler Bismarckstr 37-43 76133 Karlsruhe Phone: 0049 (0)721 1440	overview prices
Hotel Eden Bahnhofstrasse 15-19 76137 Karlsruhe Phone: 0049 (0)721 18180	description & reservation

More hotels are available at hotel.de.


A map of Karlsruhe City Centre and directions can be found by using Google maps.




Contacts




The Workshop is organized by the Fusion MHD group of the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe in co-operation with the working group Fundamentals of the European COST Action P17 EPM.





Dr. Leo Bühler	Dr. Chiara Mistrangelo
Institut für Kern- und Energietechnik                   Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe	Institut für Kern- und Energietechnik Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
leo.buehler@iket.fzk.de	chiara.mistrangelo@iket.fzk.de
Tel. +49 (0)7247-82-3497	Tel. +49 (0)7247-82-3581




Maps



•    Road maps
•    Karlsruhe tram network (line S1/S11 direction Hochstetten)
•    FZK map (venue: IKET, Building 420, Room 204, Library)

 

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