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We present a simple and effective multigrid-based Poisson solver of second-order accuracy in both gravitational potential and forces in terms of the one, two and infinity norms. The method is especially suitable for numerical simulations…

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The local relaxation algorithm is promising for fast solution of Poisson's equations, which computes the electric field distribution in a stepwise manner via local curl-free updates while strictly enforcing Gauss's law. We propose a novel…

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We describe an implementation of a particle physics module available for the PLUTO code, appropriate for the dynamical evolution of a plasma consisting of a thermal fluid and a non-thermal component represented by relativistic charged…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-23 A. Mignone , G. Bodo , B. Vaidya , G. Mattia

We develop a numerical strategy to solve multi-dimensional Poisson equations on dynamically adapted grids for evolutionary problems disclosing propagating fronts. The method is an extension of the multiresolution finite volume scheme used…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-12 Max Duarte , Zdenek Bonaventura , Marc Massot , Anne Bourdon

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Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-28 Oliver Zier , Volker Springel

We describe a new hybrid N-body/hydrodynamical code based on the particle-mesh (PM) method and the piecewise-parabolic method (PPM) for use in solving problems related to the evolution of large-scale structure, galaxy clusters, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 P. M. Ricker , S. Dodelson , D. Q. Lamb

Self-consistent multi-particle simulation plays an important role in studying beam-beam effects and space charge effects in high-intensity beams. The Poisson equation has to be solved at each time-step based on the particle density…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2014-10-15 J. Qiang , S. Paret

Potential flow has many applications, including the modelling of unsteady flows in aerodynamics. For these models to work efficiently, it is best to avoid Biot-Savart interactions. This work presents a grid-based treatment of potential…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-05-11 Diederik Beckers , Jeff D. Eldredge

In the finite volume framework, a Lax-Wendrof type second-order flux solver for the compressible Navier-Stokes equations is proposed by utilizing a hyperbolic relaxation model. The flux solver is developed by applying the generalized…

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We present a numerical implementation for the solution of the relativistic radiation hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics equations, designed as an independent module within the freely available code PLUTO. The radiation transfer…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-19 Julio David Melon Fuksman , Andrea Mignone

The implementation of a new particle module describing the physics of dust grains coupled to the gas via drag forces is the subject of this work. The proposed particle-gas hybrid scheme has been designed to work in Cartesian as well as in…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 A. Mignone , M. Flock , B. Vaidya

We present a new code, CASTRO, that solves the multicomponent compressible hydrodynamic equations for astrophysical flows including self-gravity, nuclear reactions and radiation. CASTRO uses an Eulerian grid and incorporates adaptive mesh…

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We explore a novel way to numerically resolve the scaling behavior of finite-time singularities in solutions of nonlinear parabolic PDEs. The Runge--Kutta--Legendre (RKL) and Runge--Kutta--Gegenbauer (RKG) super-time-stepping methods were…

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Simulating flow problems is at the core of many engineering applications but often requires high computational effort, especially when dealing with complex models. This work presents a novel approach for resolving flow problems using the…

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We search for self-gravitating oscillating field lumps (pulsons) in the scalar model with logarithmic potential. With the use of a Krylov-Bogoliubov-type asymptotic expansion in the gravitational constant, the pulson solutions of the…

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The Euler-Poisson system is a fundamental two-fluid model to describe the dynamics of the plasma consisting of compressible electrons and a uniform ion background. By using the dispersive Klein-Gordon effect, Guo \cite{Guo98} first…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-09-21 Juhi Jang , Dong Li , Xiaoyi Zhang

In this paper a fully Eulerian solver for the study of multiphase flows for simulating the propagation of surface gravity waves over submerged bodies is presented. We solve the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations coupled with the volume…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-06-02 Francesco De Vita , Filippo De Lillo , Roberto Verzicco , Miguel Onorato

We present a geometric multigrid solver for the Compact Discontinuous Galerkin method through building a hierarchy of coarser meshes using a simple agglomeration method which handles arbitrary element shapes and dimensions. The method is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-08 Yulong Pan , Per-Olof Persson

As part of the development of a Poisson solver for the spectral element discretization used in the GeoFluid Object Workbench (GeoFLOW) code, we propose a solver for the linear system arising from a Gauss-Legendre-Lobatto global spectral…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-03 José Pablo Lucero Lorca , Duane Rosenberg , Isidora Jankov , Conor McCoid , Martin Jakob Gander

We present the theory, algorithms and implementation of a parallel finite-volume algorithm for the solution of the incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations using unstructured grids that are applicable for a wide variety of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-01-11 S. Vantieghem , A. Sheyko , A. Jackson