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Preserving the admissible set of the ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations is important not only for producing physically meaningful numerical solutions, but more importantly for achieving robust computations. In this paper, we develop…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Chen Liu , Chi-Wang Shu , Xiangxiong Zhang

This paper presents a robust, adaptive numerical scheme for simulating high density ratio and high shear multiphase flows on locally refined Cartesian grids that adapt to the evolving interfaces and track regions of high vorticity. The…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 Nishant Nangia , Boyce E. Griffith , Neelesh A. Patankar , Amneet Pal Singh Bhalla

We present a meshless finite difference method for multivariate scalar conservation laws that generates positive schemes satisfying a local maximum principle on irregular nodes and relies on artificial viscosity for shock capturing.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-26 Cesare Bracco , Oleg Davydov , Carlotta Giannelli , Alessandra Sestini

Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) describes the interaction between electrically conducting fluids and electromagnetic fields. We propose and analyze a symplectic, second-order algorithm for the evolutionary MHD system in Els\"asser variables. We…

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Computational fluid dynamics and aerodynamics, which complement more expensive empirical approaches, are critical for developing aerospace vehicles. During the past three decades, computational aerodynamics capability has improved…

We present a new hydrodynamic model for incompressible binary fluids that is thermodynamically consistent and non-isothermal. This model follows the generalized Onsager principle and Boussinesq approximation and preserves the volume of each…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-08-14 Shouwen Sun , Liangliang Lei , Qi Wang

Higher order finite volume schemes for magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) and relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (RMHD) are very valuable because they allow us to carry out astrophysical simulations with very high accuracy. However, astrophysical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-16 Dinshaw S. Balsara , Deepak Bhoriya , Chetan Singh , Harish Kumar , Roger Käppeli , Federico Gatti

Magnetic particles underpin a broad range of technologies, from water purification and mineral processing to bioseparations and targeted drug delivery. The dynamics of magnetic particles in high-gradient magnetic fields-encompassing both…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-05-14 Marko Tesanovic , Daniel M. Markiewitz , Marcus L. Popp , Martin Z. Bazant , Sonja Berensmeier

We modify an existing magnetohydrodynamics algorithm to make it more compatible with a dimensionally-split (DS) framework. It is based on the standard reconstruct-solve-average strategy (using a Riemann solver), and relies on constrained…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-17 Hari Sriskantha , Maximilian Ruffert

ADER (Arbitrary DERivative in space and time) methods for the time-evolution of hyperbolic conservation laws have recently generated a fair bit of interest. The ADER time update can be carried out in a single step, which is desirable in…

Computational Physics · Physics 2010-06-23 Dinshaw S. Balsara , Chad Meyer , Michael Dumbser , Huijing Du , Zhiliang Xu

We present numerical simulations and explore scalings and anisotropy of compressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. Our study covers both gas pressure dominated (high beta) and magnetically dominated (low beta) plasmas at different…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-05 Jungyeon Cho , A. Lazarian

Today's scientific simulations require a significant reduction of data volume because of extremely large amounts of data they produce and the limited I/O bandwidth and storage space. Error-bounded lossy compression has been considered one…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-05-09 Daoce Wang , Jesus Pulido , Pascal Grosset , Sian Jin , Jiannan Tian , James Ahrens , Dingwen Tao

Highly accurate simulation of plasma transport is needed for the successful design and operation of magnetically confined fusion reactors. Unfortunately, the extreme anisotropy present in magnetized plasmas results in thin boundary layers…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-30 Christopher J. Vogl , Ilon Joseph , Milan Holec

Due to increase in computing power, high-order Eulerian schemes will likely become instrumental for the simulations of turbulence and magnetic field amplification in astrophysical fluids in the next years. We present the implementation of a…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-04-03 J. M. F. Donnert , H. Jang , P. Mendygral , G. Brunetti , D. Ryu , T. W. Jones

We present the FARGO3D code, recently publicly released. It is a magnetohydrodynamics code developed with special emphasis on protoplanetary disks physics and planet-disk interactions, and parallelized with MPI. The hydrodynamics algorithms…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-06 Pablo Benítez-Llambay , Frédéric Masset

We develop a new numerical scheme for ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations, which is robust against one- and multi-dimensional shocks, and is accurate for low Mach number flows and discontinuities. The scheme belongs to a family of…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-05-20 Takashi Minoshima , Keiichi Kitamura , Takahiro Miyoshi

This paper presents a new computer code to solve the general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (GRMHD) equations using distributed parallel adaptive mesh refinement (AMR). The fluid equations are solved using a finite difference Convex ENO…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Matthew Anderson , Eric Hirschmann , Steven L. Liebling , David Neilsen

We describe a Godunov-type magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) code based on the Miyoshi and Kusano (2005) solver which can be used to solve various astrophysical hydrodynamic and MHD problems. The energy equation is in the form of entropy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-12-16 A. V. Koldoba , G. V. Ustyugova , P. S. Lii , M. L. Comins , S. Dyda , M. M. Romanova , R. V. E. Lovelace

We present an algorithm for simulating the equations of ideal magnetohydrodynamics and other systems of differential equations on an unstructured set of points represented by sample particles. Local, third-order, least-squares, polynomial…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Jason L. Maron , Colin P. McNally , Mordecai-Mark Mac Low

Understanding the origin and evolution of magnetic fields on cosmological scales opens up a window into the physics of the early Universe. Numerical simulations of such fields require a careful treatment to faithfully solve the equations of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-28 Nikyta Shchutskyi , Matthieu Schaller , Orestis A. Karapiperis , Federico A. Stasyszyn , Axel Brandenburg