Objective The simulation of multidisciplinary applications use very often a combination of heterogeneous and disjoint numerical techniques that are hard to put together by the user, and whose mathematical foundation is obscure. An example of this situation is the numerical modeling of the physical processes taking place in nuclear fusion reactors. This problem, which can be modeled by a set of partial differential equations, is extremely challenging. It involves (essentially) fluid mechanics, electromagnetics, thermal radiation and neutronics. The most common numerical approaches to each of these problems separately are very different and their coupling is a hard and inefficient task.Our main objective in this proposal is to develop and analyze a unified numerical framework based on stabilized finite element methods based on multi-scale decompositions capable to simulate all the physical processes taking place in nuclear fusion technology. The project aims at giving a substantial contribution to the numerical approximation of every physical process as well as efficient coupling techniques for the multiphysics problems.The development of the numerical formulations we propose and their application require mastering different physics, designing numerical approximations for these different physical problems, analyzing mathematically the resulting methods, implementing them in an efficient way in parallel platforms and understanding the results and drawing conclusions, both from a physical and from an engineering perspective. Advanced research in physical modeling, numerical approximations, mathematical analysis and computer implementation are the keys to meeting these objectives.The successful implementation of the project will provide advanced numerical techniques for the simulation of the processes taking place in a fusion reactor. A deliverable product of the project will be a unified finite element software package that will be an extremely valuable tool. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwarenatural sciencesphysical sciencesnuclear physicsnuclear fusionnatural sciencesmathematicspure mathematicsmathematical analysisdifferential equationspartial differential equationsnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputational sciencemultiphysics Programme(s) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) ERC-SG-PE8 - ERC Starting Grant - Products and process engineering Call for proposal ERC-2010-StG_20091028 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant Host institution CENTRE INTERNACIONAL DE METODES NUMERICS EN ENGINYERIA EU contribution € 1 320 000,00 Address C GRAN CAPITAN, EDIFICI C1, CAMPUS NORD UPC SN 08034 Barcelona Spain See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Research Organisations Principal investigator Santiago Ignacio Badia Rodríguez (Dr.) Administrative Contact Anna Font Jornet (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Beneficiaries (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE INTERNACIONAL DE METODES NUMERICS EN ENGINYERIA Spain EU contribution € 1 320 000,00 Address C GRAN CAPITAN, EDIFICI C1, CAMPUS NORD UPC SN 08034 Barcelona See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Research Organisations Principal investigator Santiago Ignacio Badia Rodríguez (Dr.) Administrative Contact Anna Font Jornet (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data