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We show at the PDE level that the monolithic parabolic regularization of the equations of ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) is compatible with all the generalized entropies, fulfills the minimum entropy principle, and preserves the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-08-10 Tuan Anh Dao , Murtazo Nazarov

Ideal systems like MHD and Euler flow may develop singularities in vorticity (w = curl v). Viscosity and resistivity provide dissipative regularizations of the singularities. In this paper we propose a minimal, local, conservative,…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-03-04 Govind S. Krishnaswami , Sonakshi Sachdev , Anantanarayanan Thyagaraja

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

Ideal systems of equations such as Euler and MHD may develop singular structures like shocks, vortex/current sheets. Among these, vortical singularities arise due to vortex stretching which can lead to unbounded growth of enstrophy.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-07-29 Sonakshi Sachdev

In this brief note we study the $n$-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic equations with hyper-viscosity and zero resistivity. We prove global regularity of solutions when the hyper-viscosity is sufficiently strong.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-03-01 Chuong V. Tran , Xinwei Yu , Zhichun Zhai

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

Ideal systems like MHD and Euler flow may develop singularities in vorticity (w = curl v). Viscosity and resistivity are dissipative regularizations. We propose a minimal, local, conservative, nonlinear, dispersive regularization of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-11-15 Govind S. Krishnaswami , Sonakshi Sachdev , Anantanarayanan Thyagaraja

This paper resolves the global regularity problem for the three-dimensional compressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations in the three-dimensional whole space, in the presence of a background magnetic field. Motivated by geophysical…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-13 Jincheng Gao , Xianpeng Hu , Lianyun Peng , Jiahong Wu

In this work, we design an entropy stable, finite volume approximation for the ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations. The method is novel as we design an affordable analytical expression of the numerical interface flux function that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-10-01 Andrew R. Winters , Gregor J. Gassner

We consider the three-dimensional incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations in a bounded domain with small volume and free moving surface boundary. We establish a priori estimate for solutions with minimal regularity assumptions…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-07-05 Chenyun Luo , Junyan Zhang

We are concerned with the uniform regularity estimates of solutions to the two dimensional compressible non-resistive magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations with the no-slip boundary condition on velocity in the half plane. Under the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-08-31 Xiufang Cui , Shengxin Li , Feng Xie

In this work we introduce a novel semi-implicit structure-preserving finite-volume/finite-difference scheme for the viscous and resistive equations of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) based on an appropriate 3-split of the governing PDE system,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-01 Francesco Fambri

This article serves as a summary outlining the mathematical entropy analysis of the ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations. We select the ideal MHD equations as they are particularly useful for mathematically modeling a wide variety of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-08-14 Dominik Derigs , Gregor J. Gassner , Stefanie Walch , Andrew R. Winters

We introduce an adaptive viscosity regularization approach for the numerical solution of systems of nonlinear conservation laws with shock waves. The approach seeks to solve a sequence of regularized problems consisting of the system of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-09-19 Ngoc Cuong Nguyen , Jordi Vila-Perez , Jaime Peraire

Solutions to the compressible Euler equations in all dimensions have been shown to develop finite-time singularities from smooth initial data such as shocks and cusps. There is an extraordinary list of results on this subject. When the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-10 Jiahong Wu , Fuyi Xu , Xiaoping Zhai

This paper establishes a regularity theory for the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations with external forces through scaling analysis. Inspired by the existing methodology, we utilize linearized approximations and the monotonicity property…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-19 Mengyao Ding , Wenwen Huo , Chao Zhang

The paper presents two contributions in the context of the numerical simulation of magnetized fluid dynamics. First, we show how to extend the ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations with an inbuilt magnetic field divergence cleaning…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-04-20 Dominik Derigs , Andrew R. Winters , Gregor J. Gassner , Stefanie Walch , Marvin Bohm

This paper studies the nonlinear evolution of magnetic field turbulence in proximity of steady ideal MHD configurations characterized by a small electric current, a small plasma flow, and approximate flux surfaces, a physical setting that…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-09-12 Naoki Sato , Michio Yamada

This paper resolves the global regularity problem for the three-dimensional incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations in the upper half-space with slip boundary conditions, in the presence of a background magnetic field. Motivated…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-14 Jincheng Gao , Lianyun Peng , Jiahong Wu , Zheng-an Yao

We consider the ideally conducting, viscous magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations in two dimensions. Specifically, we study the nonlinear dynamics near a combination of Couette flow and a constant magnetic field in a periodic infinite…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-31 Michele Dolce , Niklas Knobel , Christian Zillinger
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