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We present for astrophysical use a multi-dimensional numerical code to solve the equations for ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). It is based on an explicit finite difference method on an Eulerian grid, called the Total Variation Diminishing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Dongsu Ryu , T. W. Jones , Adam Frank

The magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) problem is most often studied in a framework where Dirichlet type boundary conditions on the velocity field is imposed. In this Note, we study the (MHD) system with pressure boundary condition, together with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-01-13 J. Poirier , N. Seloula

Newcomb's Lagrangian for ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) in Lagrangian labeling is discretized using discrete exterior calculus. Variational integrators for ideal MHD are derived thereafter. Besides being symplectic and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-10-27 Yao Zhou , Hong Qin , J. W. Burby , A. Bhattacharjee

It has been shown in our previous work that the incompressible and irresistive Hall- and electron-magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations are illposed on flat domains $M = \mathbb{R}^k \times \mathbb{T}^{3-k}$ for $0 \le k \le 2$. The data and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-04-23 In-Jee Jeong , Sung-Jin Oh

We present a structure-preserving and thermodynamically consistent numerical scheme for classical magnetohydrodynamics, incorporating viscosity, magnetic resistivity, heat transfer, and thermoelectric effect. The governing equations are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-17 Evan S. Gawlik , François Gay-Balmaz , Bastien Manach-Pérennou

Magneto-hydrodynamics is one of the foremost models in plasma physics with applications in inertial confinement fusion, astrophysics and elsewhere. Advanced numerical methods are needed to get an insight into the complex physical phenomena.…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-03-29 Jan Nikl , Milan Kuchařík , Stefan Weber

We propose a new class of finite element approximations to ideal compressible magnetohydrodynamic equations in smooth regime. Following variational approximations developed for fluid models in the last decade, our discretizations are built…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-29 Valentin Carlier , Martin Campos-Pinto

We propose a new mixed finite element method for the three-dimensional steady magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) kinematics equations for which the velocity of the fluid is given. Although prescribing the velocity field leads to a simpler model than…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-29 Lingxiao Li

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 develop an improved lattice-Boltzmann numerical scheme to solve magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations in the regime of low magnetic Reynolds numbers, grounded on a manifestly Galilean covariant modeling of the Navier-Stokes equations. The…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-01-25 Bruno Magacho , Hugo Saraiva Tavares , Luca Moriconi , Juliana Loureiro

We present a four-field Virtual Element discretization for the time-dependent resistive Magnetohydrodynamics equations in three space dimensions, focusing on the semi-discrete formulation. The proposed method employs general polyhedral…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-12-29 Lourenço Beirão da Veiga , Franco Dassi , Gianmarco Manzini , Lorenzo Mascotto

Axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) can be invoked for describing astrophysical magnetized flows and formulated to model stellar magnetospheres including main sequence stars (e.g. the Sun), compact stellar objects [e.g. magnetic white…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-05 Lile Wang , Yu-Qing Lou

The equations of 2D incompressible dissipationless extended magnetohydrodynamics (XMHD) extend the equations of incompressible Hall MHD (HMHD) by retaining finite-electron inertia. These XMHD equations couple the fluid velocity ${\bf V} =…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-08-26 Alain J. Brizard

In the framework of a mixed finite element method, a structure-preserving formulation for incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations with general boundary conditions is proposed. A leapfrog-type temporal scheme fully decouples the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-20 Yi Zhang , Artur Palha , Andrea Brugnoli , Deepesh Toshniwal , Marc Gerritsma

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

Equations of ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) play an important role in the studies of turbulence, astrophysics, and plasma physics. These equations possess remarkable geometric structures and symmetries. Indeed, they admit a geodesic…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-03-19 Michael Roop

Several formulations of a local geometric measure-type condition are imposed on super-level sets of mild solutions to the homogeneous incompressible 3D magnetohydrodynamical system with bounded initial data to prevent finite-time…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-04-23 Zachary Bradshaw

Extended magnetohydrodynamics (XMHD) is a fluid plasma model generalizing ideal MHD by taking into account the impact of Hall drift effects and the influence of electron inertial effects. XMHD has a Hamiltonian structure which has received…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-06-26 Christophe Cheverry , Nicolas Besse

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 prove existence, uniqueness, and higher-order global regularity of strong solutions to a particular Voigt-regularization of the three-dimensional inviscid resistive Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations. Specifically, the coupling of a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-04-05 Adam Larios , Edriss S. Titi