State-of-the-art stellarator optimization code
This tutorial will walk the user through running VMEC with a free boundary condition. For this example the National Compact Stellarator Experiment (NCSX) configuration will be used. This machine is stellarator symmetric with a periodicity of three.
First one must use the MAKEGRID (XGRID) routine to process the coils definition file and produce an ‘mgrid’ file. For this example we will use the ‘coils.c09r00’ file which has been developed for the NCSX device (coils.c09r00). We create a text file ‘input_xgrid.dat’ which contains:
c09r00
S
y
0.436
2.436
-1.0
1.0
36
201
201
Note that line two should be omitted for older (pre 8.0 versions of the VMEC suite of codes). > The xgrid code may then be executed with this input file (this may take some time depending on your computing power).
> ~/bin/xgrid < input_xgrid.dat >& log_xgrid.c09r00 &
or type it interactively
Enter extension of "coils" file :
Scale (S) bfield to unit current/turn OR use raw (R) currents from coils file:
Assume stellarator symmetry (Y/N)? :
Enter rmin (min radial grid dimension) :
Enter rmax (max radial grid dimension) :
Enter zmin (min vertical grid dimension):
Enter zmax (max vertical grid dimension):
Enter number of toroidal planes/period :
Enter number of r (radial) mesh points :
Enter number of z mesh points :
The code will begin to run and part of the screen output is:
Stellarator symmetry IS assumed
rmin = 0.436 rmax = 2.4359999999999999
zmin = -1. zmax = 1.
kp = 36 ir = 201 jz = 201
Input file: coils.c09r00
Mgrid file: mgrid_c09r00
Extcur file: extcur.c09r00
COIL GROUP : ModA
TOTAL COILS IN GROUP: 6 TOTAL FILAMENTS: 2400
K = 1 (OUT OF 36)
K = 2
K = 3
K = 4
K = 5
K = 6
K = 7
K = 8
K = 9
K = 10
K = 11
K = 12
K = 13
K = 14
K = 15
K = 16
K = 17
K = 18
K = 19
COIL GROUP : ModB
TOTAL COILS IN GROUP: 6 TOTAL FILAMENTS: 2400
K = 1 (OUT OF 36)
K = 2
.
.
.
COIL GROUP : TF
TOTAL COILS IN GROUP: 18 TOTAL FILAMENTS: 2196
K = 1 (OUT OF 36)
K = 2
K = 3
K = 4
K = 5
K = 6
K = 7
K = 8
K = 9
K = 10
K = 11
K = 12
K = 13
K = 14
K = 15
K = 16
K = 17
K = 18
K = 19
TIME IN PARSER = 0.397 SECONDS
TIME IN BFIELD = 407.148 SECONDS
THE BFIELDS HAVE BEEN STORED IN THE MGRID FILE IN SCALED MODE. THE EXTERNAL
CURRENTS CORRESPONDING TO THOSE IN THE COILS-DOT FILE
ARE GIVEN IN THE EXTCUR ARRAY IN THE FILE extcur.c09r00.
THEY SHOULD BE ENTERED INTO THE VMEC INPUT (INDATA) FILE.
This choice of parameters gives us [cm] scale resolution and
provides us with enough toroidal resolution to run with 8 toroidal modes
per field period. At the end of the run you should have produced the
following files: mgrid_c09r00.nc (or mgrid.c09r00), extcur.c09r00, and
log_xgrid.c09r00.
The input namelist
(input.ncsx_c09r00_free)
controls the execution of the VMEC code. The suffix of the input file
will be appended to each of the output files as we will see after
execution. The Fourier coefficient in this file have been generated
through an optimization routine. In general, more simple initial
conditions will suffice for the axis position and outer most flux
surface. The name of the mgrid file must now be specified, along with
setting LFREEB to true. The NZETA variable must match the value you
selected for mgrid creation (see 7th line in the input_xgrid.dat
file). You’ll notice that for the free boundary run the user must also
specify the EXTCUR array. This array specifies the current running
through each coil group. There should be one entry per coil group. The
extcur file contains suggestions for these values based on the
values it read from the coils file. These values can be copied and
pasted directly into the VMEC ‘input’ file. Note that the traditional
polynomial form of the current profile (NCURR=1) and pressure profile
are being used. Note that if you have a binary ‘mgrid’ file then
you’ll need to modify the MGRID_FILE variable to match the proper
name.
&INDATA
!----- Runtime Parameters -----
DELT = 9.00E-01
NITER = 5000
NSTEP = 200
TCON0 = 2.00E+00
NS_ARRAY = 9 29 49 99
FTOL_ARRAY = 1.000000E-06 1.000000E-08 1.000000E-10 1.000000E-12
!----- Grid Parameters -----
LASYM = F
NFP = 3
MPOL = 11
NTOR = 6
NZETA = 36
PHIEDGE = 4.97070205837336E-01
!----- Free Boundary Parameters -----
LFREEB = T
MGRID_FILE = 'mgrid_c09r00.nc'
EXTCUR = 6.52271941985300E+05 6.51868569367400E+05 5.37743588647300E+05
2.50000000000000E-07 2.50000000000000E-07 2.80949750000000E+04
-5.48049500000000E+04 3.01228950000000E+04 9.42409100000000E+04
4.55138737653200E+04
NVACSKIP = 6
!----- Pressure Parameters -----
GAMMA = 0.000000E+00
BLOAT = 1.000000E+00
SPRES_PED = 1.00000000000000E+00
AM = 6.85517649352426E+04 -5.12027745123057E+03 -3.61510451745464E+04 -4.74263014113066E+05
1.78878195473870E+06 -3.21513828868170E+06 2.69041023837233E+06 -8.17049854168367E+05
0.00000000000000E+00 0.00000000000000E+00 0.00000000000000E+00
!----- Current/Iota Parameters -----
CURTOR = -1.78606250000000E+05
NCURR = 1
AI = 0.00000000000000E+00 0.00000000000000E+00 0.00000000000000E+00 0.00000000000000E+00
0.00000000000000E+00 0.00000000000000E+00 0.00000000000000E+00 0.00000000000000E+00
0.00000000000000E+00 0.00000000000000E+00 0.00000000000000E+00
AC = 8.18395699999999E+03 1.43603560000000E+06 -1.07407140000000E+07 7.44389200000000E+07
-3.22215650000000E+08 8.81050800000000E+08 -1.49389660000000E+09 1.52746800000000E+09
-8.67901590000000E+08 2.10351200000000E+08 0.00000000000000E+00
!----- Axis Parameters -----
RAXIS = 1.49569454253276E+00 1.05806400912320E-01 7.21255454715878E-03 -3.87402652289249E-04
-2.02425864534069E-04 -1.62602353744308E-04 -8.89569831063077E-06
ZAXIS = 0.00000000000000E+00 -5.19492027001782E-02 -3.18814224021375E-03 2.26199929262002E-04
1.28803681387330E-04 1.11266150452637E-06 1.13732703961869E-05
!----- Boundary Parameters -----
RBC(0,0) = 1.40941668895656E+00 ZBS(0,0) = 0.00000000000000E+00
RBC(1,0) = 2.79226697269945E-02 ZBS(1,0) = -1.92433268059631E-02
RBC(2,0) = -1.54739398509667E-03 ZBS(2,0) = 1.11459511078088E-02
RBC(3,0) = 2.90733840104882E-03 ZBS(3,0) = -3.97869471888770E-03
RBC(4,0) = -8.91322016448873E-04 ZBS(4,0) = 1.34394804673514E-03
RBC(5,0) = -7.81997770407839E-05 ZBS(5,0) = -1.57143910159387E-04
RBC(6,0) = 1.06129711928351E-04 ZBS(6,0) = 9.58024291307491E-05
RBC(-6,1) = 2.48228899767757E-05 ZBS(-6,1) = -2.28386224209054E-05
RBC(-5,1) = 8.23567667077671E-05 ZBS(-5,1) = 3.30176003890210E-04
RBC(-4,1) = -7.20220898033597E-04 ZBS(-4,1) = 1.28038328362904E-04
RBC(-3,1) = 2.76250777733235E-03 ZBS(-3,1) = 3.43199911886317E-04
RBC(-2,1) = -1.24883373588382E-02 ZBS(-2,1) = 6.12174680232785E-04
RBC(-1,1) = 1.52272804511910E-02 ZBS(-1,1) = -2.70066914159594E-02
RBC(0,1) = 2.89195233044040E-01 ZBS(0,1) = 4.50462554508443E-01
RBC(1,1) = -1.17988850341728E-01 ZBS(1,1) = 1.93490230971634E-01
RBC(2,1) = -3.84923299492945E-03 ZBS(2,1) = 5.72865331625290E-03
RBC(3,1) = -1.44452305429529E-03 ZBS(3,1) = 2.19788951889214E-03
RBC(4,1) = -2.11622985211109E-04 ZBS(4,1) = 1.31883972780290E-03
RBC(5,1) = 1.79091719677667E-04 ZBS(5,1) = -5.63363462408534E-04
RBC(6,1) = 1.31982402741742E-04 ZBS(6,1) = -9.31801467009349E-05
RBC(-6,2) = -2.40882614870476E-05 ZBS(-6,2) = -3.95416405717970E-05
RBC(-5,2) = -4.92449386382591E-05 ZBS(-5,2) = -3.25048356502217E-06
RBC(-4,2) = 1.50530476034115E-04 ZBS(-4,2) = 4.61522421935086E-05
RBC(-3,2) = -1.23084235126550E-03 ZBS(-3,2) = -3.40868203306282E-04
RBC(-2,2) = 2.01350576071929E-04 ZBS(-2,2) = -4.19781517712033E-03
RBC(-1,2) = 2.36777003797179E-03 ZBS(-1,2) = 1.98753868216412E-02
RBC(0,2) = 5.73443941583452E-02 ZBS(0,2) = 4.81527027892127E-03
RBC(1,2) = 6.89385874058265E-02 ZBS(1,2) = -9.28353553039424E-03
RBC(2,2) = 4.71996849673782E-02 ZBS(2,2) = -2.04292782322197E-02
RBC(3,2) = -5.50889052720066E-04 ZBS(3,2) = 8.81593501270446E-04
RBC(4,2) = 4.24491391207156E-04 ZBS(4,2) = -6.08871281835245E-04
RBC(5,2) = -2.07538883155595E-04 ZBS(5,2) = -3.88708113241096E-04
RBC(6,2) = -1.62304038006678E-04 ZBS(6,2) = 1.72340342752605E-04
RBC(-6,3) = -1.01105699684233E-04 ZBS(-6,3) = -6.16215454248342E-05
RBC(-5,3) = 5.15925605980565E-05 ZBS(-5,3) = 1.23419431936950E-04
RBC(-4,3) = -3.79290487874111E-05 ZBS(-4,3) = 3.98637008165582E-06
RBC(-3,3) = -2.96154201246223E-04 ZBS(-3,3) = -7.01248486620889E-04
RBC(-2,3) = 1.27628943631957E-03 ZBS(-2,3) = 3.19332333533202E-03
RBC(-1,3) = 3.12803506573940E-03 ZBS(-1,3) = -8.24657727838880E-03
RBC(0,3) = -1.34574092972690E-02 ZBS(0,3) = 5.05936199755365E-03
RBC(1,3) = -8.02339287294677E-03 ZBS(1,3) = -3.90421394288867E-03
RBC(2,3) = -1.68510947837154E-02 ZBS(2,3) = 3.75441853342170E-03
RBC(3,3) = -8.00581733372124E-03 ZBS(3,3) = 6.00542774606014E-03
RBC(4,3) = 1.80667899211621E-03 ZBS(4,3) = -4.16787432635077E-04
RBC(5,3) = 3.10773970094350E-05 ZBS(5,3) = 5.44335921432213E-05
RBC(6,3) = 8.32496816115997E-05 ZBS(6,3) = -4.15830451164888E-05
RBC(-6,4) = -1.19874891436340E-05 ZBS(-6,4) = 1.56845408711308E-05
RBC(-5,4) = 1.22793444338155E-04 ZBS(-5,4) = -3.97576733690054E-05
RBC(-4,4) = -1.30945484439682E-04 ZBS(-4,4) = -7.22429623460448E-05
RBC(-3,4) = -1.21368603604647E-04 ZBS(-3,4) = 3.52928331257216E-04
RBC(-2,4) = 1.00352526472782E-03 ZBS(-2,4) = -1.23710282249961E-04
RBC(-1,4) = -1.73680844498789E-03 ZBS(-1,4) = -1.50689928334813E-03
RBC(0,4) = 1.80149787198970E-03 ZBS(0,4) = 1.56109492686192E-03
RBC(1,4) = 3.82771889154294E-03 ZBS(1,4) = 3.80910842862487E-03
RBC(2,4) = 5.43835034437129E-03 ZBS(2,4) = 2.06275075117804E-03
RBC(3,4) = 8.39729828422411E-04 ZBS(3,4) = -1.54779126563731E-03
RBC(4,4) = 6.74263596810560E-04 ZBS(4,4) = -1.33149943553452E-03
RBC(5,4) = -6.98647584180715E-04 ZBS(5,4) = 3.81307095116973E-04
RBC(6,4) = 8.77670652920776E-05 ZBS(6,4) = -1.40433963574141E-05
RBC(-6,5) = 6.78635213884316E-06 ZBS(-6,5) = -1.22283666932084E-05
RBC(-5,5) = 3.87846546342867E-05 ZBS(-5,5) = 4.64829761643373E-05
RBC(-4,5) = -3.78300368387435E-05 ZBS(-4,5) = -7.03801581329045E-05
RBC(-3,5) = -1.21743926248229E-05 ZBS(-3,5) = 1.85735151533626E-04
RBC(-2,5) = -2.68229697014545E-04 ZBS(-2,5) = -9.33216243296025E-04
RBC(-1,5) = 1.19567316567517E-03 ZBS(-1,5) = 2.12648562837673E-03
RBC(0,5) = -7.12579133390599E-04 ZBS(0,5) = -1.97890515574565E-03
RBC(1,5) = 8.81127157923892E-04 ZBS(1,5) = 2.71321673191593E-03
RBC(2,5) = 9.67210453659238E-04 ZBS(2,5) = 8.74618447862515E-04
RBC(3,5) = 2.11794179698155E-04 ZBS(3,5) = 8.43817701627930E-04
RBC(4,5) = 1.29403911922840E-03 ZBS(4,5) = 6.51808476607835E-04
RBC(5,5) = -1.30477683585083E-04 ZBS(5,5) = 1.01349326961770E-04
RBC(6,5) = 1.86680624010370E-04 ZBS(6,5) = -2.13838628730300E-04
RBC(-6,6) = -4.08213549686361E-05 ZBS(-6,6) = -7.53394429655583E-06
RBC(-5,6) = 7.11305157811999E-05 ZBS(-5,6) = 2.54876062250879E-05
RBC(-4,6) = -1.33727065581923E-04 ZBS(-4,6) = -1.70180862196520E-05
RBC(-3,6) = 1.65191943182183E-06 ZBS(-3,6) = -1.31350577800873E-04
RBC(-2,6) = 2.19460449719541E-04 ZBS(-2,6) = 4.38914760402648E-04
RBC(-1,6) = 4.68618562605432E-04 ZBS(-1,6) = -4.44537659614533E-04
RBC(0,6) = -8.51896573200937E-04 ZBS(0,6) = 7.36122964253313E-04
RBC(1,6) = -5.26623264534578E-05 ZBS(1,6) = -1.12352425125337E-03
RBC(2,6) = -1.31954654361710E-04 ZBS(2,6) = -2.22905186553194E-03
RBC(3,6) = -8.91482312658694E-04 ZBS(3,6) = -2.11193996461398E-03
RBC(4,6) = -3.89733094884781E-04 ZBS(4,6) = -3.44184359663702E-04
RBC(5,6) = -2.74329775462215E-04 ZBS(5,6) = -5.06914660659672E-05
RBC(6,6) = 2.47385092660320E-04 ZBS(6,6) = 3.74971583066409E-05
RBC(-6,7) = 9.61516193308531E-06 ZBS(-6,7) = -3.66121037894761E-06
RBC(-5,7) = -2.51122684780459E-05 ZBS(-5,7) = 3.72828134065079E-05
RBC(-4,7) = 4.44568599556351E-05 ZBS(-4,7) = -8.74488353626824E-05
RBC(-3,7) = -1.42433799354752E-04 ZBS(-3,7) = 1.48694485468843E-04
RBC(-2,7) = 4.85802385952487E-04 ZBS(-2,7) = -2.27519962800893E-04
RBC(-1,7) = -9.00652688032426E-04 ZBS(-1,7) = 4.16601324903870E-04
RBC(0,7) = 9.59457670863182E-04 ZBS(0,7) = -3.25818663499641E-04
RBC(1,7) = -3.37159659594826E-04 ZBS(1,7) = -2.34240245561361E-04
RBC(2,7) = -4.64969900861713E-04 ZBS(2,7) = 4.87821281121050E-04
RBC(3,7) = -4.09185322970312E-04 ZBS(3,7) = 8.50140634573578E-04
RBC(4,7) = 5.32088748759921E-05 ZBS(4,7) = 5.93528572346752E-04
RBC(5,7) = -3.21692982976907E-04 ZBS(5,7) = -2.54775193277671E-04
RBC(6,7) = -4.82403633897412E-05 ZBS(6,7) = 1.41947169759239E-05
RBC(-6,8) = -2.23522770283961E-05 ZBS(-6,8) = -4.00911971000495E-06
RBC(-5,8) = 3.95696912099304E-05 ZBS(-5,8) = 1.34684147523625E-05
RBC(-4,8) = -6.50775924544567E-05 ZBS(-4,8) = -2.94168940555405E-05
RBC(-3,8) = 1.71610112932980E-04 ZBS(-3,8) = 2.17875987311858E-05
RBC(-2,8) = -3.45412623614909E-04 ZBS(-2,8) = -7.26482153663716E-05
RBC(-1,8) = 5.61089095467387E-04 ZBS(-1,8) = 2.51145295676537E-04
RBC(0,8) = -5.84359101746051E-04 ZBS(0,8) = -5.42465826224607E-04
RBC(1,8) = -6.16860761080513E-05 ZBS(1,8) = 3.93697603313273E-04
RBC(2,8) = 5.99275780897287E-04 ZBS(2,8) = 3.30798770955874E-04
RBC(3,8) = 5.68520162541870E-04 ZBS(3,8) = 5.47788467933391E-04
RBC(4,8) = 4.47404034542356E-04 ZBS(4,8) = 2.43547539548605E-04
RBC(5,8) = 2.76704814165950E-04 ZBS(5,8) = 9.15194583315619E-05
RBC(6,8) = 2.97621090888441E-04 ZBS(6,8) = 1.65605427353701E-04
RBC(-6,9) = -3.78145897931544E-06 ZBS(-6,9) = -1.85759364750771E-06
RBC(-5,9) = -1.57985677623482E-05 ZBS(-5,9) = 1.06970045147331E-05
RBC(-4,9) = 7.91641381274532E-05 ZBS(-4,9) = -1.16252171939772E-05
RBC(-3,9) = -1.97587428419659E-04 ZBS(-3,9) = -3.08457797690412E-05
RBC(-2,9) = 3.95855751452672E-04 ZBS(-2,9) = 2.03418980231168E-04
RBC(-1,9) = -5.41153103221438E-04 ZBS(-1,9) = -3.99552958537408E-04
RBC(0,9) = 4.98714381092541E-04 ZBS(0,9) = 4.32916759100965E-04
RBC(1,9) = -8.06048953531492E-05 ZBS(1,9) = -1.84722027458208E-04
RBC(2,9) = -8.67990109801738E-05 ZBS(2,9) = 2.52568631885491E-04
RBC(3,9) = 4.35340840113358E-04 ZBS(3,9) = -3.50159782847442E-04
RBC(4,9) = 2.33585243788111E-04 ZBS(4,9) = -7.06133299107118E-04
RBC(5,9) = -7.69581174305243E-06 ZBS(5,9) = -3.79072907220561E-04
RBC(6,9) = -2.85256407945938E-05 ZBS(6,9) = -4.49599333610498E-05
RBC(-6,10) = 1.20206720198758E-05 ZBS(-6,10) = 4.73580005255806E-06
RBC(-5,10) = 7.02670536357846E-06 ZBS(-5,10) = -6.99664911015022E-06
RBC(-4,10) = -2.76926398374910E-05 ZBS(-4,10) = -9.18014408856618E-06
RBC(-3,10) = 5.20223745639364E-05 ZBS(-3,10) = 6.80574180383753E-05
RBC(-2,10) = -7.88310431749746E-05 ZBS(-2,10) = -1.06370673487973E-04
RBC(-1,10) = 1.21755712542490E-05 ZBS(-1,10) = 1.22161894513591E-04
RBC(0,10) = 3.22193519645521E-05 ZBS(0,10) = -6.04052049877600E-05
RBC(1,10) = -1.08453911913102E-06 ZBS(1,10) = 8.60890353665843E-05
RBC(2,10) = 1.04051545504927E-04 ZBS(2,10) = -2.17661420286656E-04
RBC(3,10) = -5.21965328013036E-04 ZBS(3,10) = -2.67111216700977E-04
RBC(4,10) = -4.95991087393098E-04 ZBS(4,10) = 2.43875640076056E-05
RBC(5,10) = -1.94520415280627E-04 ZBS(5,10) = 1.55759001593971E-04
RBC(6,10) = -6.94143617569942E-05 ZBS(6,10) = 4.40565098025554E-05
/
&END
To simplify execution of the code,
the VMEC compilation scripts create a directory called bin in your
home () directory. Symbolic links are then placed there pointing to each
of the compiled codes in their respective ‘Vrelease’ subdirectories.
In practice, the screen output from VMEC should be redirected to a log
file and put in the background (>& log.ncsx_c09r00_free &). This is
done by passing the suffix of the input file to the VMEC code through
the command line.
>~/bin/xvmec2000 ncsx_c09r00_free
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
VMEC OUTPUT FILES ALREADY EXIST: OVERWRITING THEM ...
SEQ = 1 TIME SLICE 0.0000E+00
PROCESSING INPUT.ncsx_c09r00_free
THIS IS VMEC2000, A 3D EQUILIBRIUM CODE, VERSION 8.47
Lambda: Full Radial Mesh. L-Force: hybrid full/half.
COMPUTER: computer.domain.net OS: Linux RELEASE: 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5 DATE = Sep 06,2011 TIME = 13:13:44
Opening vacuum field file: mgrid_c09r00.nc
Time to read MGRID file: 3.10E+00 s
NS = 9 NO. FOURIER MODES = 137 FTOLV = 1.000E-06 NITER = 5000
ITER FSQR FSQZ FSQL RAX(v=0) WMHD DEL-BSQ
1 5.24E+01 6.99E+00 1.63E-01 1.608E+00 3.7781E+00 1.000E+00
In VACUUM, np = 3 mf = 12 nf = 6 nu = 28 nv = 36
2*pi * a * -BPOL(vac) = -1.89E-01 TOROIDAL CURRENT = -1.89E-01
R * BTOR(vac) = 2.37E+00 R-BTOR = 2.38E+00
VACUUM PRESSURE TURNED ON AT 82 ITERATIONS
165 9.55E-07 2.25E-07 4.60E-07 1.609E+00 3.5227E+00 4.634E-03
NS = 29 NO. FOURIER MODES = 137 FTOLV = 1.000E-08 NITER = 5000
ITER FSQR FSQZ FSQL RAX(v=0) WMHD DEL-BSQ
1 6.96E-02 3.27E-02 3.97E-04 1.609E+00 3.5227E+00 4.634E-03
200 6.23E-08 1.59E-08 8.03E-09 1.609E+00 3.5199E+00 2.732E-03
287 9.99E-09 2.61E-09 2.17E-09 1.609E+00 3.5199E+00 2.818E-03
NS = 49 NO. FOURIER MODES = 137 FTOLV = 1.000E-10 NITER = 5000
ITER FSQR FSQZ FSQL RAX(v=0) WMHD DEL-BSQ
1 3.14E+00 1.57E+00 4.90E-06 1.609E+00 3.5198E+00 2.818E-03
200 2.19E-08 8.35E-09 1.21E-09 1.608E+00 3.5197E+00 2.585E-03
400 1.28E-09 3.24E-10 2.86E-10 1.608E+00 3.5197E+00 2.756E-03
600 3.28E-10 8.59E-11 5.96E-11 1.608E+00 3.5197E+00 2.848E-03
782 9.95E-11 2.66E-11 1.57E-11 1.608E+00 3.5197E+00 2.873E-03
NS = 99 NO. FOURIER MODES = 137 FTOLV = 1.000E-12 NITER = 5000
ITER FSQR FSQZ FSQL RAX(v=0) WMHD DEL-BSQ
1 9.60E+00 4.73E+00 2.02E-06 1.608E+00 3.5197E+00 2.873E-03
200 3.97E-08 2.25E-08 9.27E-11 1.608E+00 3.5196E+00 2.605E-03
400 1.13E-09 1.52E-10 4.09E-11 1.608E+00 3.5196E+00 2.611E-03
600 3.86E-10 5.73E-11 2.43E-11 1.608E+00 3.5196E+00 2.620E-03
800 1.49E-10 2.82E-11 1.36E-11 1.608E+00 3.5196E+00 2.627E-03
1000 5.74E-11 1.33E-11 6.58E-12 1.608E+00 3.5196E+00 2.632E-03
1200 2.00E-11 4.94E-12 2.76E-12 1.608E+00 3.5196E+00 2.634E-03
1400 7.79E-12 1.87E-12 1.13E-12 1.608E+00 3.5196E+00 2.635E-03
1600 3.57E-12 8.99E-13 4.91E-13 1.608E+00 3.5196E+00 2.634E-03
1800 1.39E-12 3.28E-13 2.27E-13 1.608E+00 3.5196E+00 2.634E-03
1881 9.93E-13 2.53E-13 1.68E-13 1.608E+00 3.5196E+00 2.634E-03
EXECUTION TERMINATED NORMALLY
FILE : ncsx_c09r00_free
NUMBER OF JACOBIAN RESETS = 3
TOTAL COMPUTATIONAL TIME 501.04 SECONDS
TIME TO READ IN DATA 3.13 SECONDS
TIME TO WRITE DATA TO WOUT 0.30 SECONDS
TIME IN EQFORCE 7.22 SECONDS
TIME IN VACUUM LOOP 82.27 SECONDS
TIME IN FOURIER TRANSFORM 117.16 SECONDS
TIME IN INVERSE FOURIER XFORM 80.03 SECONDS
TIME IN FORCES 95.99 SECONDS
TIME IN BCOVAR 77.08 SECONDS
TIME IN RESIDUE 2.29 SECONDS
TIME (REMAINDER) IN FUNCT3D 34.30 SECONDS
For this example four files were
created (jxbout.ncsx_c09r00_free, mercier.ncsx_c09r00_free,
threed1.ncsx_c09r00_free, and wout.ncsx_c09r00_free). As was
mentioned before, each file had the suffix of the input file appended to
it’s name. This allows multiple runs to be stored in the same directory
for comparison. The jxbout file contains values for various
quantities on a grid throughout the simulation domain. The mercier
file contains radial profiles (radial index in VMEC is denoted by the
variable s) of various quantities. The threed1 file can be
considered an expanded log file where various quantities are calculated
which were not output to the screen. This file is fairly self
explanatory. The wout file is the data file for the run. It contains
the Fourier Coefficients for the magnetic field along with various
quantities. A few packages exist to visualize this data and the user is
encourage to use these as templates for their own visualization
routines.