🚀 New in version PLASIMO-10.1 (compared to 10.0):

NEW FEATURES

  • Particle Tracker Model
    • Support for 3D self-consistent modeling of dust crystals in plasma.
    • Introduce multiple options for time coupling between the particle tracker and drift-diffusion plasma modules.
    • Improve the coupling strategy to robustly handle large time-scale differences between modules.
    • Introduce an option to compute particle equilibrium charge.
    • Add an option to calculate the Coulomb coupling parameter.
    • Enable flexible particle injection: from specified walls or randomly throughout the volume.
    • Add thermophoretic force.
    • Enhance trajectory viewer with options to visualize particle charges, toggle inactive particles, and show or hide materials.
  • LTE Model
    • Support self-consistent modeling of thermal arc plasma.
    • Calculate self-induced magnetic fields.
    • Implement advanced boundary conditions to capture the plasma-electrodes interactions.
    • Implement new, more efficient solver for LTE composition calculations, resulting in enormous speed ups.
  • Particle Growth Model
    • Introduce multiple options for calculating particle charge: equilibrium charge or mean charge, with or without a Gaussian charge distribution.
    • Improve performance and accuracy.
  • Dusty (fluid) Plasma Model
    • Improve charge calculation algorithm.
  • Global Model
    • Add optional section Output/VDF to plot the vibrational distribution function of a species.
  • Improve grid stretching functionality. Add a stretch function of type Polynomial that accepts an arbitrary number of point/density pairs.
  • Add AMGCL matrix solver.
  • Update MUMPS matrix solver.
  • Update to CODATA2022 values of physical constants

USER INTERFACE

  • Add OpenGL based MathPlot viewer.
  • Add alternative color maps for VTK viewers.
  • Improved the responsiveness of the viewers.

RESOURCES

  • Add a demo model that simulates dust crystal in Ar plasma.
  • Add a surface DBD demo model.
  • Add a raytracing demo model for modeling of the spectra of He, Ne, Ar, Kr and Xe gas.

Input file changes

  • The temperature types that can be specified in the Global Model are `Calculated` or `Prescribed`. The latter requires an `Expression` that can be a constant expression or a function of time.

Bug Fixes

  • Fix the output visualization of the floating potential in drift-diffusion models.
  • Fix the data writing of the Monte Carlo wall processes.


For any additional information, please send an email to info@plasma-matters.nl.