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autoC1

Scripts and templates for automatically running M3D-C1

autoC1 script

Call pattern

The fundamental python function is autoC1() which has the following call pattern

autoC1(task='all',machine='DIII-D')

task

Tasks proceed in the following order.
You can skip to a step by setting this keyword to the desired value.
Folder in which a given step occurs is given with parentheses.

  • 'all' [DEFAULT]
    • Starts from the beginning with 'setup'
  • 'setup'
    • Preprocess the g-, p-, and a-files into readable formats ('efit/')
    • Allows user to extend the profiles beyond the separatrix.
  • 'efit'
    • Perform an igs=0 run to get the EFIT equilibrium ('uni_efit/')
  • 'uni_equil'
    • Perform equilibrium calcalutions on a uniform mesh ('uni_equil/')
    • User can iterate on current.dat.out in this step to improvethe equilibrium match to the EFIT
    • Can launch IDL within this step to check the equilibrium match
  • 'adapt'
    • Adapt the mesh to the equilibrium ('rw1_adapt/')
  • 'calculation'
    • Perform linear calculations with adapted mesh

    • User will select from four options

      1. Calculate equilibrium ('rw1_equil/')
      2. Linear stability analysis ('n=<ntor>/eb1_1f_stab/')
             User selects desired toroidal mode number <ntor>
             Currently uses ExB rotation and single-fluid only
      3. Time-independent, linear response ('n=<ntor>/eb1_1f_<coil>/')
             User selects desired toroidal mode number <ntor>
             <coil> values are defined by the machine
             Currently uses ExB rotation and single-fluid only
      4. Open IDL to examine the results

machine

Name of device to be modeled, so appropriate templates can be found.
Machines currently supported:

  • 'DIII-D' [DEFAULT]
  • 'NSTX-U'

Download and setup

  1. Create a base directory to store the autoC1 scripts and templates.
  2. Set the AUTOC1_HOME environmental variable to this base directory.
  3. Make sure the M3DC1_ARCH enviornmental variable is set properly
    • On portalr6, M3DC1_ARCH = sunfire.r6
    • On saturn/iris, M3DC1_ARCH = saturn
  4. cd to $AUTOC1_HOME
  5. Download autoC1 from github
  6. Import the appropriate python module on your system. I use:
    • On portalr6, 'module load anaconda'
    • On saturn/iris, 'module load python'
  7. Add $AUTOC1_HOME/python/ to your PYTHONPATH environmental variable

Running autoC1

  1. Create a new working directory for the current runs
  2. Create a folder called 'efit/' within this working directory
  3. Populate 'efit/' with the g-, p-, and a- files for this shot & time (format should be like g*.*)
  4. From the base working directory, run 'python'
  5. Within python, import the autoC1 function from the autoC1 module.
    For example: from autoC1 import autoC1
  6. Run the autoC1 function (see above for keyword details)
  7. The script should walk you through it's steps in a self-explanatory way.
    It will ask for user input when required, as well as prompt you to check certain things about the runs along the way.

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