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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…

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We develop a linearly-scaling variant of the Force Coupling Method [K. Yeo and M. R. Maxey, J. Fluid Mech. 649, 205-231 (2010)] for computing hydrodynamic interactions among particles confined to a doubly-periodic geometry with either a…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-05-03 Aref Hashemi , Raul P. Pelaez , Sachin Natesh , Brennan Sprinkle , Ondrej Maxian , Zecheng Gan , Aleksandar Donev

We describe how analytic solutions for linear hydromagnetic waves can be used for testing cosmological magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) codes. We start from the comoving MHD equations and derive analytic solutions for the amplitude evolution of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-03 Thomas Berlok

In this work we present a novel monolithic Finite Element Method (FEM) for the hydroelastic analysis of Very Large Floating Structures (VLFS) with arbitrary shapes that is stable, energy conserving and overcomes the need of an iterative…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-06-28 Oriol Colomés , Francesc Verdugo , Ido Akkerman

The principles of restricted superposition of circularly polarized arbitrary-amplitude waves for several hydrodynamic type models are illustrated systematically with helical representation in a unified sense. It is shown that the only…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-08-01 Jian-Zhou Zhu

This study delves into a comprehensive examination of the three-dimensional $(3D)$ incompressible magneto-hydrodynamic $(MHD)$ equations in $H^{1}(\R^{3})$. The modification involves incorporating a power term in the nonlinear convection…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-01-28 Maroua Ltifi

We present a new, completely Lagrangian magnetohydrodynamics code that is based on the SPH method. The equations of self-gravitating hydrodynamics are derived self-consistently from a Lagrangian and account for variable smoothing length…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 S. Rosswog , D. Price

We present a new magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation code with the aim of providing accurate numerical solutions to astrophysical phenomena where discontinuities, shock waves, and turbulence are inherently important. The code implements…

The two-scale computational homogenization method is proposed for modelling of locally periodic fluid-saturated media subjected a to large deformation induced by quasistatic loading. The periodic heterogeneities are relevant to the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-11 Vladimír Lukeš , Eduard Rohan

A model of nonlinear elastic medium with internal structure is considered. The medium is assumed to contain cavities, microcracks or blotches of substances that differ sharply in physical properties from the base material. To describe the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2019-09-10 Vsevolod A. Vladimirov , Sergii Skurativskyi

We present a semi-analytical approach to compute quasi-guided elastic wave modes in horizontally layered structures radiating into unbounded fluid or solid media. This problem is of relevance, e.g., for the simulation of guided ultrasound…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-18 Hauke Gravenkamp , Bor Plestenjak , Daniel A. Kiefer , Elias Jarlebring

Context. The study of linear waves and instabilities is necessary to understand the physical evolution of an atmosphere, and can provide physical interpretation of the complex flows found in simulations performed using Global Circulation…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-16 Florian Debras , Nathan Mayne , Isabelle Baraffe , Tom Goffrey , John Thuburn

A new code and methodology are introduced for solving the general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) equations in fixed background spacetimes using time-explicit, finite-volume discretization. The code has options for solving the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Peter Anninos , P. Chris Fragile , Jay D. Salmonson

Permanent gravity waves propagating in deep water, spanning amplitudes from infinitesimal to their theoretical limiting values, remain a classical yet challenging problem due to its inherent nonlinear complexities. Traditional analytical…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-11-14 Chong Lin , Shijun Liao

Self similarity allows for analytic or semi-analytic solutions to many hydrodynamics problems. Most of these solutions are one dimensional. Using linear perturbation theory, expanded around such a one-dimensional solution, we find…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Re'em Sari , J. Nate Bode , Almog Yalinewich , Andrew MacFadyen

A new hydrodynamics code aimed at astrophysical applications has been developed. The new code and algorithms are presented along with a comprehensive suite of test problems in one, two, and three dimensions. The new code is shown to be…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-04 Ralph S. Sutherland

For many applications, critical information about system dynamics is encoded in associated eigenvalue problems that can be posed as linear Hamiltonian systems with suitable boundary conditions. Motivated by examples from hydrodynamics,…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2025-10-27 Peter Howard , Alim Sukhtayev

Many problems at the forefront of theoretical astrophysics require the treatment of magnetized fluids in dynamical, strongly curved spacetimes. Such problems include the origin of gamma-ray bursts, magnetic braking of differential rotation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Matthew D. Duez , Yuk Tung Liu , Stuart L. Shapiro , Branson C. Stephens

We obtain renormalized sets of right and left eigenvectors of the flux vector Jacobians of the relativistic MHD equations, which are regular and span a complete basis in any physical state including degenerate ones. The renormalization…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 L. Anton , J. A. Miralles , J. M. Marti , J. M. Ibanez , M. A. Aloy , P. Mimica

(Abridged) We develop an analytical spectral method to solve the equations of equilibrium for a self-gravitating, magnetized fluid body, under the only hypotheses that (a) the equation of state is isothermal, (b) the configuration is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Daniele Galli