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Metriplectic dynamics is applied to compute equilibria of fluid dynamical systems. The result is a relaxation method in which Hamiltonian dynamics (symplectic structure) is combined with dissipative mechanisms (metric structure) that…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-12-05 C. Bressan , M. Kraus , P. J. Morrison , O. Maj

A general formulation of the problem of calculating the spectrum of stable and unstable eigenmodes of linearized perturbations about a magnetically confined toroidal plasma is presented. The analysis is based on a new hydromagnetic…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-03-07 Robert L Dewar , Li Huey Tuen , Matthew J Hole

We propose an optimally performant fully implicit algorithm for the Hall magnetohydrodynamics (HMHD) equations based on multigrid-preconditioned Jacobian-free Newton-Krylov methods. HMHD is a challenging system to solve numerically because…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-07-10 Luis Chacon

In this work, we generalise linear magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stability theory to include equilibrium pressure anisotropy in the fluid part of the analysis. A novel 'single-adiabatic' (SA) fluid closure is presented which is complementary to…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-10-29 M. Fitzgerald , M. J. Hole , Z. S. Qu

The Magneto-Hydrodynamic (MHD) system of equations governs viscous fluids subject to a magnetic field and is derived via a coupling of the Navier-Stokes equations and Maxwell's equations. Recently it has become common to study…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-05-29 Lorenzo Riva , Nathan Pennington

By using the quantum hydrodynamic and Maxwell equations, we derive nonlinear electron-magnetohydrodynamic (MHD), Hall-MHD, and dust Hall-MHD equations for dense quantum magnetoplasmas. The nonlinear equations include the electromagnetic,…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 N. Shukla , G. Brodin , M. Marklund , P. K. Shukla , L. Stenflo

We revisit the issue of conservation of magnetic helicity and the Woltjer-Taylor relaxation theory in magnetohydrodynamics in the context of weak solutions. We introduce a relaxed system for the ideal MHD system, which decouples the effects…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-09-21 Daniel Faraco , Sauli Lindberg , László Székelyhidi

We present three-dimensional solutions of the magnetohydrostatic equations in the co-rotating frame of reference outside a magnetized rigidly rotating cylinder. We make no symmetry assumption for the magnetic field, but to be able to make…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-30 Thomas Neukirch

We study the global well-posedness of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations. The hydrodynamic system consists of the Navier-Stokes equations for the fluid velocity coupled with a reduced from of the Maxwell equations for the magnetic field.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-08-09 Chengfei Ai , Zhong Tan , Jianfeng Zhou

We present a monolithic geometric multigrid preconditioner for solving fluid-solid interaction problems in Stokes limit. The problems are discretized by a spatially adaptive high-order meshless method, the generalized moving least squares…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-07 Zisheng Ye , Xiaozhe Hu , Wenxiao Pan

Advanced finite-element discretizations and preconditioners for models of poroelasticity have attracted significant attention in recent years. The equations of poroelasticity offer significant challenges in both areas, due to the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-10 James H. Adler , Yunhui He , Xiaozhe Hu , Scott MacLachlan , Peter Ohm

In many astrophysical plasmas, the Coulomb collision is insufficient to maintain an isotropic temperature, and the system is driven to the anisotropic regime. In this case, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) models with anisotropic pressure are…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-08-09 Hongyang Luo , John G. Lyon , Binzheng Zhang

After finding the really self-consistent electromagnetic equations for a plasma, we proceed in a similar fashion to find how the MHD equations have to be modified accordingly. Substantially this is done by replacing the "Lorentz" force…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Evangelos Chaliasos

This work presents the first numerical investigation of using Voigt regularization as a method for obtaining magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equilibria without the assumption of nested magnetic flux surfaces. Voigt regularization modifies the MHD…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-06-16 Yi-Min Huang , Justin Kin Jun Hew , Andrew Brown , Amitava Bhattacharjee

We study the linear magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations, both in the Newtonian and the general-relativistic limit, as regards a viscous magnetized fluid of finite conductivity and discuss instability criteria. In addition, we explore the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 K. Kleidis , A. Kuiroukidis , D. B. Papadopoulos , L. Vlahos

We consider the free boundary problem for the plasma-vacuum interface in ideal compressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). In the plasma region, the flow is governed by the usual compressible MHD equations, while in the vacuum region we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-07-22 Davide Catania , Marcello D'Abbicco , Paolo Secchi

A new formulation of time-dependent Relaxed Magnetohydrodynamics (RxMHD) is derived variationally from Hamilton's Action Principle using microscopic conservation of mass, and macroscopic conservation of total magnetic helicity, cross…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-06-04 R. L. Dewar , J. W. Burby , Z. Qu , N. Sato , M. J. Hole

The magnetohydrodynamic dynamo equation is derived within general relativity, using the covariant 1+3 approach, for a plasma with finite electric conductivity. This formalism allows for a clear division and interpretation of plasma and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Mattias Marklund , Chris Clarkson

This article introduces a new 3D magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equilibrium solver, based on the concept of admissible variations of B, p that allows for magnetic relaxation of a magnetic field in a perturbed/non-minimum energy state to a lower…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-11-03 Tobias Blickhan , Julianne Stratton , Alan A. Kaptanoglu

In this work, we propose a robust and easily implemented algebraic multigrid method as a stand-alone solver or a preconditioner in Krylov subspace methods for solving either symmetric and positive definite or saddle point linear systems of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-05 Huidong Yang