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Efforts to achieve better accuracy in numerical relativity have so far focused either on implementing second order accurate adaptive mesh refinement or on defining higher order accurate differences and update schemes. Here, we argue for the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Luis Lehner , Steven L. Liebling , Oscar Reula

I survey the use and impact of adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) simulations in numerical astrophysics and cosmology. Two basic techniques are in use to extend the dynamic range of Eulerian grid simulations in multi-dimensions: cell…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Michael L. Norman

Full interpretation of data from gravitational wave observations will require accurate numerical simulations of source systems, particularly binary black hole mergers. A leading approach to improving accuracy in numerical relativity…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-29 John G. Baker , James R. van Meter

With the forthcoming VLBI images of Sgr A* and M87, simulations of accretion flows onto black holes acquire a special importance to aid with the interpretation of the observations and to test the predictions of different accretion…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-10-09 Hector Olivares , Oliver Porth , Yosuke Mizuno

GRDzhadzha is an open-source code for relativistic simulations of matter fields on curved spacetimes that admit an analytic description (e.g. stationary black holes). It is based on the publicly available 3+1D numerical relativity code…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-08-17 Josu C. Aurrekoetxea , Jamie Bamber , Sam E. Brady , Katy Clough , Thomas Helfer , James Marsden , Dina Traykova , Zipeng Wang

When a numerical simulation has to handle a physics problem with a wide range of time-dependent length scales, dynamically adaptive discretizations can be the method of choice. We present a major upgrade to the numerical relativity code…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-05-31 Sarah Renkhoff , Daniela Cors , David Hilditch , Bernd Brügmann

In this work, we introduce the novel application of the adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) technique in the global stability analysis of incompressible flows. The design of an accurate mesh for transitional flows is crucial. Indeed, an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Daniele Massaro , Valerio Lupi , Adam Peplinski , Philipp Schlatter

Large-scale finite element simulations of complex physical systems governed by partial differential equations (PDE) crucially depend on adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) to allocate computational budget to regions where higher resolution is…

Adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) is often used when solving time-dependent partial differential equations using numerical methods. It enables time-varying regions of much higher resolution, which can be used to track discontinuities in the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-03 Brisa N Davis , Randall J LeVeque

An adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) scheme is implemented in a distributed environment using Message Passing Interface (MPI) to find solutions to the nonlinear sigma model. Previous work studied behavior similar to black hole critical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Steven L. Liebling

Obtainable computational efficiency is evaluated when using an Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR) strategy in time accurate simulations governed by sets of conservation laws. For a variety of 1D, 2D, and 3D hydro- and magnetohydrodynamic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Keppens , M. Nool , G. Toth , J. P. Goedbloed

Finite element discretizations of problems in computational physics often rely on adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) to preferentially resolve regions containing important features during simulation. However, these spatial refinement strategies…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-09-27 Corbin Foucart , Aaron Charous , Pierre F. J. Lermusiaux

In this paper, the general procedure to solve the General Relativistic Hydrodynamical(GRH) equations with Adaptive-Mesh Refinement (AMR) is presented. In order to achieve, the GRH equations are written in the conservation form to exploit…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Orhan Donmez

(Abridged) We here continue our effort to model the behaviour of matter when orbiting or accreting onto a generic black hole by developing a new numerical code employing advanced techniques geared solve the equations of in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-01 Zakaria Meliani , Yosuke Mizuno , Hector Olivares , Oliver Porth , Luciano Rezzolla , Ziri Younsi

Variational inequalities play a pivotal role in a wide array of scientific and engineering applications. This project presents two techniques for adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) in the context of variational inequalities, with a specific…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-21 Giuliano Stefano Fochesatto

Computational studies that use block-structured adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) approaches suffer from unnecessarily high mesh resolution in regions adjacent to important solution features. This deficiency limits the performance of AMR…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-03-02 Brandon Gusto , Tomasz Plewa

This work introduces an Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR) strategy for the topology optimization of structures made of discrete geometric components using the geometry projection method. Practical structures made of geometric shapes such as…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-22 Shanglong Zhang , Arun L. Gain , Julian A. Norato

High-order solvers for compressible flows are vital in scientific applications. Adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) is a key technique for reducing computational cost by concentrating resolution in regions of interest. In this work, we develop…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-08-08 Anjiang Wei , Hang Song , Mert Hidayetoglu , Elliott Slaughter , Sanjiva K. Lele , Alex Aiken

Adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) is a classical technique about local refinement in space where needed, thus effectively reducing computational costs for HPC-based physics simulations. Although AMR has been used for many years, little…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-05-14 Dewen Liu , Shuai He , Haoran Cheng , Yadong Zeng

This paper examines the application of adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) in the field of numerical weather prediction (NWP). We implement and assess two distinct AMR approaches and evaluate their performance through standard NWP benchmarks. In…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-26 Daniel S. Abdi , Ann Almgren , Francis X. Giraldo , Isidora Jankov