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In this paper, we develop a class of mixed finite element scheme for stationary magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) models, using magnetic field $\bm B$ and current density $\bm j$ as the discretization variables. We show that the Gauss's law for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-18 Kaibo Hu , Jinchao Xu

We extend the recently introduced explicit divergence-free DG scheme for incompressible hydrodynamics [arXiv:1808.04669]. to the incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). A globally divergence-free finite element space is used for both the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-27 Guosheng Fu

We apply high-order mixed finite element discretization techniques and their associated preconditioned iterative solvers to the Variable Eddington Factor (VEF) equations in two spatial dimensions. The mixed finite element VEF…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-29 Samuel Olivier , Terry S. Haut

In this paper, we propose and analyze a fully discrete finite element projection method for the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations. A modified Crank--Nicolson method and the Galerkin finite element method are used to discretize the model…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-13 Cheng Wang , Jilu Wang , Zeyu Xia , Liwei Xu

We study the discretisation of a uniaxial (rank-one) reduction of the Oldroyd-B model for dilute polymer solutions, in which the conformation tensor is represented as $\sig = \vec b \otimes \vec b$. Building on structural analogies with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-26 Ben S. Ashby , Gabriel R. Barrenechea , Alex Lukyanov , Tristan Pryer , Alex Trenam

In this paper, we introduce a new finite element method for solving the Stokes equations in the primary velocity-pressure formulation. This method employs $H(div)$ finite elements to approximate velocity, which leads to two unique…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-23 Xiu Ye , Shangyou Zhang

We present a virtual element method (VEM) for the numerical approximation of the electromagnetics subsystem of the resistive magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) model in two spatial dimensions. The major advantages of the virtual element method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-27 S. Naranjo Alvarez , V. A. Bokil , V. Gyrya , G. Manzini

This paper develops a charge-conservative mixed finite element method with optimal convergence rates for the stationary incompressible inductionless MHD equations on three-dimensional curved domains. The discretization employs the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Xue Jiang , Lei Li , Lingxiao Li

We construct a structure-preserving finite element method and time-stepping scheme for inhomogeneous, incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). The method preserves energy, cross-helicity (when the fluid density is constant), magnetic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-09 Evan S. Gawlik , François Gay-Balmaz

In this work we develop a class of high-order finite difference weighted essentially non-oscillatory (FD-WENO) schemes for solving the ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations in 2D and 3D. The philosophy of this work is to use efficient…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-17 Andrew J. Christlieb , James A. Rossmanith , Qi Tang

We construct finite element methods for the incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) system that precisely preserve magnetic and cross helicity, the energy law and the magnetic Gauss law at the discrete level. The variables are discretized…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-07 Kaibo Hu , Young-Ju Lee , Jinchao Xu

Numerical methods for solving the ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations in more than one space dimension must either confront the challenge of controlling errors in the discrete divergence of the magnetic field, or else be faced with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-05-19 Christiane Helzel , James A. Rossmanith , Bertram Taetz

In this paper, we consider the numerical approximation for a diffuse interface model of the two-phase incompressible inductionless magnetohydrodynamics problem. This model consists of Cahn-Hilliard equations, Navier-Stokes equations and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-01 Xiaorong Wang , Xiaodi Zhang

We propose a finite element discretization for the steady, generalized Navier-Stokes equations for fluids with shear-dependent viscosity, completed with inhomogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions and an inhomogeneous divergence constraint.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-09 Julius Jeßberger , Alex Kaltenbach

Incompressible flows are modeled by a coupled system of partial differential equations for velocity and pressure, Starting from a divergence-free mixed method proposed in [John, Li, Merdon and Rui, Math. Models Methods Appl. Sci.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-08 Volker John , Xu Li , Christian Merdon

We present a new method for evolving the equations of magnetohydrodynamics (both Newtonian and relativistic) that is capable of maintaining a divergence-free magnetic field ($\nabla \cdot \mathbf{B} = 0$) on adaptively refined, conformally…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-11-22 P. Chris Fragile , Daniel Nemergut , Payden L. Shaw , Peter Anninos

We introduce a pressure robust Finite Element Method for the linearized Magnetohydrodynamics equations in three space dimensions, which is provably quasi-robust also in the presence of high fluid and magnetic Reynolds numbers. The proposed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-03 L. Beirão da Veiga , F. Dassi , G. Vacca

Problems of interest in hydrogeology and hydrocarbon resources involve complex heterogeneous geological formations. Such domains are most accurately represented in reservoir simulations by unstructured computational grids. Finite element…

Computational Physics · Physics 2016-05-04 Joachim Moortgat , Abbas Firoozabadi

In this paper, we will use the interior functions of an hierarchical basis for high order $BDM_p$ elements to enforce the divergence-free condition of a magnetic field $B$ approximated by the H(div) $BDM_p$ basis. The resulting constrained…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-02-07 Wei Cai , Jun Hu , Shangyou Zhang

We propose a novel mixed finite-element formulation for geometrically exact (Simo--Reissner) beams that introduces the moment vector as additional independent field. The specific mixed form allows for an element-local, discontinuous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Alexander Humer , Ivo Steinbrecher , Astrid Pechstein