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In this tutorial, a derivation of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) valid beyond the usual ideal gas approximation is presented. Non-equilibrium thermodynamics is used to obtain conservation equations and linear constitutive relations. When…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-04-21 Jarett LeVan , Scott Baalrud

We propose a new finite element method for linearized Magnetohydrodynamics. The main novelty is that the proposed scheme is able to handle also non-convex domains and less regular solutions. The method is proved to be pressure robust and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-10 L. Beirao da Veiga , C. Lovadina , M. Trezzi

We provide a valid magnetohydrostatic equilibrium from the collapse of a 2D X-point in the presence of a finite plasma pressure, in which the current density is not simply concentrated in an infinitesimally thin, one-dimensional current…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-13 Jorge Fuentes-Fernández , Clare E. Parnell , Alan W. Hood

The three-dimensional compressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) isentropic flow with zero magnetic diffusivity is studied. The vanishing magnetic diffusivity causes significant difficulties due to the loss of dissipation of the magnetic field.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-08-30 Xiaoli Li , Ning Su , Dehua Wang

We present counter-intuitive examples of a viscous regularizations of a two-dimensional strictly hyperbolic system of conservation laws. The regularizations are obtained using two different viscosity matrices. While for both of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-08 Shaoshuai Chu , Igor Kliakhandler , Alexander Kurganov

We study the existence of steady solutions of ideal magnetofluid systems (ideal MHD and ideal Euler equations) without continuous Euclidean symmetries. It is shown that all nontrivial magnetofluidostatic solutions are locally symmetric,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-11-12 Naoki Sato

In this paper, an energy-consistent finite difference scheme for the compressible hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations is introduced. For the compressible magnetohydrodynamics, an energy-consistent finite difference…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-04-07 Haruhisa Iijima

This paper explores Tadmor's minimum entropy principle for the relativistic hydrodynamics (RHD) equations and incorporates this principle into the design of robust high-order discontinuous Galerkin (DG) and finite volume schemes for RHD on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-02-09 Kailiang Wu

We consider a two-dimensional MHD model describing the evolution of viscous, compressible and electrically conducting fluids under the action of vertical magnetic field without resistivity. Existence of global weak solutions is established…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-07-02 Yang Li , Yongzhong Sun

The present work is devoted to proving that the boundary regularity of the three dimensional density patch persists by time evolution for inhomogeneous incompressible viscous flow, with some smallness condition on the initial velocity.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-11-20 Xian Liao , Yanlin Liu

A new conservative finite element solver for the three-dimensional steady magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) kinematics equations is presented.The solver utilizes magnetic vector potential and current density as solution variables, which are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-20 Xujing Li , Lingxiao Li

This paper introduces a formulation of the variable density incompressible Navier-Stokes equations by modifying the nonlinear terms in a consistent way. For Galerkin discretizations, the formulation leads to full discrete conservation of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Lukas Lundgren , Murtazo Nazarov

Purely hydrodynamic numerical experiments into the evolution of astrophysical discs typically include some sort of viscosity in order to cause accretion. In this paper, we demonstrate an alternative method of implementing viscous forces,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. G. Edgar

A new implementation for the time evolution of the magnetic vector potential is obtained for smoothed particle magnetohydrodynamics by considering the induction equation in integral form. Galilean invariance is achieved through proper gauge…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-28 Terrence S. Tricco , Daniel J. Price

A multi-symplectic formulation of ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) is developed based on a Clebsch variable variational principle in which the Lagrangian consists of the kinetic minus the potential energy of the MHD fluid modified by…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-02-20 G. M. Webb , J. F. McKenzie , G. P. Zank

We propose a second-order accurate semi-implicit and well-balanced finite volume scheme for the equations of ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) including gravitational source terms. The scheme treats all terms associated with the acoustic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-29 Claudius Birke , Walter Boscheri , Christian Klingenberg

This work is devoted to study the global behavior of viscous flows contained in a symmetric domain with complete slip boundary. In such scenario the boundary no longer provides friction and therefore the perturbation of angular velocity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-12-26 Xin Liu

In this paper, a novel dual-field structure-preserving mixed finite element discretization for incompressible Hall MHD equations is introduced. The discretization satisfies pointwise conservation of mass, magnetic Gauss's law, and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Yi Zhang

A new energy-consistent discretization of the viscous dissipation function in incompressible flows is proposed. It is implied by choosing a discretization of the diffusive terms and a discretization of the local kinetic energy equation and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-07-21 Benjamin Sanderse , Francesc Xavier Trias

This paper presents a geometric variational discretization of compressible fluid dynamics. The numerical scheme is obtained by discretizing, in a structure preserving way, the Lie group formulation of fluid dynamics on diffeomorphism groups…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-12-17 Werner Bauer , François Gay-Balmaz